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Detailed View - MER-B Sol 100 Object

The original NASA/JPL image link is here

Description:  small lobed and grooved organism - cystoid?

Apparent size: 3 mm

Common features:  unusual grooves and segmented lines, distinct cleft and lobes seen on many other spherules

 

 

Stacked frames:  none

Enhancement methods:  bright/contrast  difference

 

Summary description of image contents:  this organisms was blurred first to see the overall shape, then the contrast and difference methods were employed to sharpen the finer details.  Note the branching segmented lines and the groove with the "spinal" feature, seen on many other spherules. 

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