NASA: Mars rover Curiosity finds bright object

So the picture doesn't really make it obvious, but I believe they are talking about the item emphasized here[0]. I might just be dense, but why would NASA think that is a part of the rover, it really doesn't seem like it to me. As an aside, it also doesn't seem particularly "bright".<p>---<p>[0]: <a href="http://i.imgur.com/NOnPK.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/NOnPK.jpg</a>

I've seen this story on a few sites now, and <i>none of them</i> bothered to show just where exactly in that image the part is supposed to be. Very helpful.

Link to the latest (raw) ChemCam images : <a href="http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?s=62&#38;camera=CHEMCAM_" rel="nofollow">http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?s=62&#38;camera...</a>

Its amazing to view the surface of <i>Mars</i> from my browser

Really, really hope this is a shard of a meteorite or something, not a piece of the rover's arm.

This reminds me that the HN spoof page a few days back really needed a "NASA: Curiosity moves three inches to the left" item.

Here is how you can find this object with Mathematica: <a href="http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/11819/help-find-a-bright-object-on-mars/11822#11822" rel="nofollow">http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/11819/help-fi...</a>

Here's hoping it's the Martian equivalent of an arrowhead. :-)<p>Or at least, let's hope it's not some critical piece of the rover itself.

I find it impressive that they can find that tiny thing. I imagine it is some image processing algorithm that identifies anomalies in the texture. Or do they have humans scanning through each full res picture?

oh boy you gotta love Yahoo, even now under Mayer. Spent 10 minutes looking at the photo and realized that photo caption is layered over it... good job Yahoo team!

ooo shiny thing! #ADD