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"Jelly Donut" Rock on Mars

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Necro'ing this just because i just saw the most likely explanation with proof on another forum.
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The rover's wheel or the wind did in fact flip over a piece of rock and it landed there.

Look at the before/after images below, in the bottom left of the 2nd image you can see where the piece of rock was "dislodged" from and it landed face up revealing the underside which is a different color due to not being covered in dust.

I'd personally say it was most likely the rover that did it when it made the turn, since you can clearly see a gouge where the object came from on the lower left of the 2nd image image where there is now a missing piece.
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