Mostly NASA and ESA assorted animations
Mars Perseverance Sol 2023: WATSON Camera
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired these images using its SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.
Images acquired on Oct. 29, 2026 (Sol 2023) at the local mean solar time of 17:31:08 to 17:34:12.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Culiner
appears to be a biological colony similar to desert varnish cyanobacteria
Mars Perseverance Sol 1930: WATSON Camera
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired these images using its SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.
Images acquired on July 25, 2026 (Sol 1930) at the local mean solar time of 16:35:22 to 16:35:45.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Bott
Mars Perseverance Sol 1930: WATSON Camera
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired these images using its SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.
Images acquired on July 25, 2026 (Sol 1930) at the local mean solar time of 16:38:13 to 16:38:34.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Bott
Mars Perseverance Sol 1930: WATSON Camera
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired these images using its SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.
Images acquired on July 25, 2026 (Sol 1930) at the local mean solar time of 16:41:00 to 16:41:22.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Bott
Mars Perseverance Sol 1930: WATSON Camera
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired these images using its SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.
Images acquired on July 25, 2026 (Sol 1930) at the local mean solar time of 16:43:48 to 16:44:12.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Bott
Mars Perseverance Sol 1807: WATSON Camera
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired these images using its SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.
Images acquired on March 21, 2026 (Sol 1807) at the local mean solar time of 15:13:20 to 19:28:43.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP
Mars Perseverance Sol 1807: WATSON Camera
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired these images using its SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.
Images acquired on March 21, 2026 (Sol 1807) at the local mean solar time of 15:08:11 to 15:11:13.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP
first image, desert varnish, possible low moisture organics: cyanobacteria
Mars Perseverance Sol 1771: WATSON Camera webp
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired these images using its SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.
Images acquired on Feb. 12, 2026 (Sol 1771)
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP
Mars Perseverance Sol 1771: WATSON Camera webp
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired these images using its SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.
Images acquired on Feb. 12, 2026 (Sol 1771)
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP
looks like desert varnish
WATSON autofocus gif
Mars Perseverance Sol 1465: WATSON Camera gif
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired these images using its SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.
Images acquired on April 4, 2025 (Sol 1465) at the local mean solar time of 14:23:44 to 14:29:31.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP
Mars Perseverance Sol 1465: WATSON Camera gif
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired these images using its SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.
Images acquired on April 4, 2025 (Sol 1465) at the local mean solar time of 14:33:58 14:37:02.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP
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Evidence of a microbial community associated with rock varnish at Yungay, Atacama Desert, Chile https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2007JG000677
Life on the Edge: Microbes in Rock Varnish https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1570605
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanobacteria
Martian blueberries
https://blogbarley.blogspot.com/2023/05/cyanophyta.html
Cyanobacterial morphology https://blogbarley.blogspot.com/2023/10/blog-post_13.html
looks like desert varnish
Mars Perseverance Sol 1460: WATSON Camera gif
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired these images using its SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.
Images acquired on March 30, 2025 (Sol 1460) at the local mean solar time of 20:32:29 to 20:33:13.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP
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Evidence of a microbial community associated with rock varnish at Yungay, Atacama Desert, Chile https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2007JG000677
Life on the Edge: Microbes in Rock Varnish https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1570605
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanobacteria
Martian blueberries
https://blogbarley.blogspot.com/2023/05/cyanophyta.html
Cyanobacterial morphology https://blogbarley.blogspot.com/2023/10/blog-post_13.html
sadly I had to compress this gif
Mars Helicopter Sol 942: Color Camera gif
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter acquired these images using its high-resolution color camera. This camera is mounted in the helicopter's fuselage and pointed approximately 22 degrees below the horizon.
Images acquired on Oct. 14, 2023 (Sol 942 of the Perseverance rover mission) at the local mean solar time of 10:11:03 to 12:50:48.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP
Cyanobacteria colony?
Mars Perseverance Sol 781: SHERLOC ACI Camera gif
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its SHERLOC Autofocus and Context Imager (ACI), located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.
This image was acquired on May 2, 2023 (Sol 781) at the local mean solar time of 20:48:52 to 20:50:20.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Created by Barley Culiner with GIMP
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1289&context=nrei
https://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/19099/1/Wierzchos_etal_Astrobiology.pdf
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/5/2/1218
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01435/full
https://bard.google.com/ says it is not conclusive evidence