Well qmantoo, this is an interesting image.
It confirms what I have been saying all along about the existence of a tiny-sized species living on Mars.
I think it highly possible that the spherules could be water retention devices.
Shown below is an enlarged crop from the right of the image above. The right-hand side of the centre spherule can be seen to the left of the image.
I have darkened the view by 80%. One soften was applied and then the unsharp filter - radius 2.00 strength 25% - twice.
The image is showing some very tiny structures with the largest of the objects being the spherule.
I have often wondered why after the rover travelled over groups of spherules the ground appeared damp. I think this could well be the reason why.
To see the structural features, increase by 25 or 50% as the detail is very tiny.
How is it possible that NASA could miss evidence like this especially when contained in a high resolution micro-imager view?
-- Edited by Timewarp on Thursday 30th of January 2014 08:40:56 PM
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently opposed; Third, it is accepted as being self-evident."
Arthur Schopenhauer
This Microscopic Imager photo is, in my opinion, one of the best we will ever see. I think it still has areas which are obscured in it, which allows us to wonder what is being hidden, so I offer it to you to find what you can.