Satellite observations showed alternating strips of lithe and murky brown rock in this area. At the end of March, perseverance dug one of the formations in lithe and gathered the sample. During this process, he discovered a strange rock – which was called the “Bay of St. Paul’s”.
According to Bay St. Paul’s Bay is a “float” rock – that is, a rock that should not exist in this place. But what created this rock form on Mars and the way in which it was created remains unknown. This rock seems to consist of smaller, round, murky gray stones with a size of several hundred millimeters. The shapes of these diminutive round stones differ: some are oval, some have pointed edges, and some have diminutive holes.
It is possible that these Sferets are concretions– Formations created by groundwater moving through the pores in the rock, which suggests that Mars could have bountiful liquid water. However, on Earth, these spheres are also created when the melted rock cools down quickly, for example after a volcanic eruption. The scientific team of perseverance examines the origin of diminutive round stones, which make up the bay of St. Paul’s Bay. It is possible that they come from a murky belt of a rock formation observed nearby.
