Magnified view of part of Tisdale 2 rock. Click for larger. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/USGS

First, about the image:
The Mars Rover Opportunity took this picture of the texture on part of a rock called “Tisdale 2″ located on the Martian crater Endveavor.  The portion of the rock pictured here is only about 1.2 inches (3 cm) across.

The texture is called brecciated with broken rock fragments called clasts fused together and embedded in the rocks.

Second, no riddle tomorrow.  Time for a Saturday off from riddledom.  Kind of works out well since it is a holiday weekend here in the states.  Don’t worry Marian will be back riddling up a storm pretty soon.

Posting this week has been almost automated due to the worry Hurricane Irene would really deal me a blow.  Turns out not so much, BUT major damage starts just eight miles south and a couple miles east of here and whew, it’s bad.

Finally, the “happenings” of a couple weeks ago turned out okay.