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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I imagine that they're just normal grey rocks that look blue because of all of the red

[–] acosmichippo 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

that was my first thought as well, but it's actually just an altered image. I believe the top image in the first link is natural color. they just look dark gray/black even next to the orange regolith.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Not as neat as I thought. Thank you for actually looking into the details.