Bright object on Mars probably from Curiosity

[Studeo]

Here's a short mention of a "Bright object" discovered on Mars. ??

NASA says a small bright object detected on Mars is likely a piece of plastic from the Curiosity rover.

The six-wheel spacecraft captured an image of the puzzling object Monday after scooping up Martian sand and dust over the weekend.

In a statement, the space agency says the plastic bit that fell off the rover is "benign." While plans are continuing to positively identify it, NASA says it is not "Martian material."

Curiosity will continue taking pictures of its surroundings as the project team decides the next move.

Curiosity landed in an ancient crater in August on a two-year mission to determine whether the environment was ever favourable for microbial life. It started driving toward its first science destination after a month checking out its instruments.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/7797643/Bright-object-on-Mars-probably-from-Curiosity

[WhiteFeather]

It was probably a plastic lid from a McDonald's iced coffee container. They say Mars has a lot of fast food restaurants on the other side of this planet. The Rover is stuck in a canyon much like our Grand Canyon here on Earth. And once it finds its way out of the canyon and covers some ground eventually, I'm sure it will be able to find a drive thru fast food restaurant. I have also heard the women on Mars are a beautiful species. I'm loving it. However The Mars species better be careful eating all that fast food though. Or they are going to have to put Pharmacys all over that planet much like they do here on Earth.

[jagman]

"NASA says it is not "Martian material."
I question that statement. How does Nasa know its not Martian material? I would like to see a closeup of said "shiny object."
I found this on Wiki The Mars Curiosity Rover has 17 cameras: HazCams (8), Navcams (4), MastCams (2), MAHLI (1), MARDI(1), and ChemCam (1).
Mast Camera (MastCam)The MastCam system provides multiple spectra and true-color imaging with two cameras.[47] The cameras can take true-color images at 1600×1200 pixels and up to 10 frames per second hardware-compressed, video at 720p (1280×720).

One MastCam camera is the Medium Angle Camera (MAC), which has a 34 mm focal length, a 15-degree field of view, and can yield 22 cm/pixel scale at 1 km. The other camera in the MastCam is the Narrow Angle Camera (NAC), which has a 100 mm focal length, a 5.1-degree field of view, and can yield 7.4 cm/pixel scale at 1 km.[47] (Malin also developed a pair of Mastcams with zoom lenses,[52] but these were not included in the rover because of the time required to test the new hardware and the looming November 2011 launch date.[53])

Each camera has eight GB of flash memory, which is capable of storing over 5,500 raw images, and can apply real time lossless data compression.[47] The cameras have an autofocus capability that allows them to focus on objects from 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) to infinity.[50] In addition to the fixed RGGB Bayer pattern filter, each camera has an eight-position filter wheel. While the Bayer filter reduces visible light throughput, all three colors are mostly transparent at wavelengths longer than 700 nm, and have minimal effect on such infrared observations.[47]

My question is pretty simple. Why has Nasa not released any enhanced photo's of said "shiny object"???

[lizmac]

I've come across this image......

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A5PCbezCQAA2s8K.jpg
(found on this twitter message: https://twitter.com/verascienza/status/257763381065433089/photo/1)

[ThePythonicCow]

(found on this twitter message: https://twitter.com/verascienza/status/257763381065433089/photo/1)
Google translation of this message, from Italian to English:



The mysterious object spotted by Curiosity on Mars last week was a piece of plastic covering her. pic.twitter.com / DHkkYYrZ

[Tane Mahuta]

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bit of humour peeps

TM