Blood Everywhere on Mars

NASA’s caption: “NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image using its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), … on September 1, 2015, Sol 1091 of the Mars Science Laboratory Mission, … When Curiosity acquired this image, the ultraviolet (UV) LEDS were on.” 

In the yellow boxes are artificial hot pixels. In the red circles are tiny circles around white dots. Those tiny circles are Martian red blood cell remains that fell on the calibration target on the rover’s deck . In this figure alone, there are numerous red blood cell remains, visible in www.flickr.com/photos/fossil_lin/21089623501/sizes/o/ .

In that largest figure, one pixel is about 10 micrometers across, as that figure has been enlarged 400% from the source image at mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=1091MH00051501304…

Added on Sept. 7, 2015: More UV LED images taken on Mars:

1,000% of NASA’s image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fossil_lin/21028485368/sizes/o/  

Yellow arrows point to red blood cell remains. They are neither artificial hot pixels nor minerals, for they are round. Minerals of this size  (silt) are not round at all.  More UV LED images: http://spacefellowship.com/news/art31872/mars-rover-curiosity-uses-arm-camera-at-night.html

Added on Sept. 8 2015: 25-Micron Red Blood Cell Remains on Mars

NASA’s caption: “NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image using its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), on September 1, 2015, Sol 1091 of the Mars Science Laboratory Mission,….”  Image enlarged and cropped from: mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=1091MH00031200204… 

400% of NASA’s raw image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fossil_lin/21052842309/sizes/o/

Red arrows point to red blood cell remains, two of which were floating in the holes of the sieve. Each hole in the sieve is 150 by 150 micrometers. The diameters of the red blood cell remains measure about one sixth of 150 micrometers.

 

Added on Sept. 9, 2015: Same Blood Everywhere

Source image with description: mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=1097MH00026500004…

The above-mentioned source image has been enlarged 400%, cut for its bottom central area and marked into this figure. Ten red lines go to red blood cell remains. Location: see bottom center of 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/fossil_lin/21275316761/in/dateposted-public/