Transparent looking Section - Curiosity

[alane011]

Hi all,

This image is from a recent Nev Gigapan.

Here is the snapshot link:
gigapan.com/gigapans/234481/snapshots/706758

Best

Andrew

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[George J. Haas]

Here is a small flowing stream on Earth on the left and the same stream on the right with the water covered over by masking, transforming it into a thin layer of silt.




Figure 1
Water stream
Left: with flowing water
Right: silt with water removed.

Is this what we are seeing on Mars?

GJH

[George J. Haas]

Here is a reverse mask-engineering on the Curiosity image (Figure 2).




Figure 2
Water stream on Mars?
Left: NASA image (water or wet sand removed)
Right: Water replaced (color wash added).

Is this what NASA saw?

GJH