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Detailed View - MER-B Sol 014 Spherule

The original NASA/JPL image link is here

Description:  sea urchin

Apparent size: 3.5 mm

Common features:  eroded but shows faint flower and star patterns, along with some circular features (on lower left limb)

 

 

Stacked frames:  5

Enhancement methods:

bright/contrast  difference anti-shadow

After bright/contrast, five frames were stacked and the differential process done.  The resulting image had anti-shadow algorithm applied and then contrast enhanced again

 

Summary description of image contents:  a sea urchin with some clear features but also quite eroded.  The dark spot on the top appears to be in the center of a flower shaped structure, and a faint star with white dots at each point is in the center of the organism.  Lower left quadrant has a circular feature with three radial lines breaking it up.

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