Scientists Attempt to Explain Mars Rock With Hole Straight Through It (msn.com)
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… story correction … donut shaped rock found in ______________ (insert the name of your favorite desert or the desert where you think the “Mars Rover” is actually located. If you look closely you can also see a baseball batters helmet in the foreground.
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Have a blog scheduled about this.
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Some sort of cave man tried to carve a kayak out of rock and it sank on its maiden voyage. Then man made climate change dried up the water, and there it sits, high and dry for all to see. The location could be any planet or moon in ‘our’ solar system. Trust MY science!
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Scientists spot ‘swiss cheese’ rock on Mars (msn.com)
Scientists spot ‘swiss cheese’ rock on Mars
Story by Talker News • 1h ago
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover photographed an Edam-like, hollowed-out rock in Jezero Crater on June 26. (NASA via SWNS)© Provided by talker
By Dean Murray via SWNS
Scientists have spotted a rock on Mars that looks like Swiss cheese.
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover snapped a hollowed-out boulder in Jezero Crater on 26 June.
It follows the sighting of what the space agency describes as a “doughnut-shaped” rock on 22 June.
Perseverance used its Mastcam-Z instrument to photograph the latest unusual discovery. Its mission is to help prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet.
Related video: Speculation About Mars ‘Doughnut’ Rock on Surface (Dailymotion)
NASA explains: “Wind can erode all sorts of strange shapes by sandblasting rock surfaces over the course of eons.”
Describing the doughnut rock, they said: “This particular rock may have formed after a smaller rock (or multiple rocks) eroded near its center. That left behind a cavity that was later enlarged by the wind.”
The donut-shaped rock on Mars. (NASA via SWNS)© Provided by talker
A key objective for Perseverance’s mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet’s geology and past climate, paving the way for human visits to the planet.
The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is part of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration approach, which includes Artemis missions to the Moon that will help prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed for the agency by Caltech in Pasadena, California, built and manages operations of the Perseverance rover.
It’s round, so the proper term is “coracle”, not kayak.
That was a tongue in cheek comment. 
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