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Mystery image of 'life on Mars
#7923215 - 01/24/08 06:57 AM (16 years, 8 days ago) |
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An image of a mysterious shape on the surface of Mars, taken by Nasa spacecraft Spirit, has reignited the debate about life on the Red Planet.
A magnified version of the picture, posted on the internet, appears to some to show what resembles a human form among a crop of rocks.
While some bloggers have dismissed the image as a trick of light, others say it is evidence of an alien presence.
The image is a recent Nasa posting of the Spirit's landing in 2004.
Perspective
When the robotic rover set down on 24 January 2004, its images disappointed space-watchers hoping for signs of extraterrestrial life.
Now they appear convinced that this image provides the evidence they have been trawling Nasa's photo files for.
The blown-up image seems to resemble a figure striding among the Martian rocks.
The internet has been abuzz with postings offering theories.
One said it was a garden gnome, another that it was the Virgin Mary.
A third suggested Bigfoot, the hairy bipedal mountain beast that appears in various guises in a number of legends around the world.
But the consensus seemed to be that it bore a striking resemblance to the Little Mermaid statue in the Danish capital, Copenhagen.
Poster "Madurobob" said it was a statue "obviously built by an ancient civilisation that later departed Mars and settled Denmark".
Badastronomy.com tried to apply some perspective: "A man? It's a tiny rock only a few inches high. It's only a few feet from the rover!"
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Re: Mystery image of 'life on Mars [Re: bodynotdead]
#7923686 - 01/24/08 10:29 AM (16 years, 8 days ago) |
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If it is real, it looks like a statue. Though with the prevalence of PhotoShop in this day and age, how can you trust any image anymore?
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Re: Mystery image of 'life on Mars [Re: bodynotdead]
#7923738 - 01/24/08 10:44 AM (16 years, 8 days ago) |
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it STILL just looks like a rock to me
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Re: Mystery image of 'life on Mars [Re: ApJunkie]
#7924966 - 01/24/08 04:21 PM (16 years, 8 days ago) |
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it looks like a turd to me. and you know what they say,where theres turds theres life.
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Re: Mystery image of 'life on Mars [Re: ApJunkie]
#7925693 - 01/24/08 06:38 PM (16 years, 8 days ago) |
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ApJunkie said: it STILL just looks like a rock to me
I agree it does look just like a rock, but in the windswept environment its weird to see a rock of that shape. All the other rocks have mostly been worn down.
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Re: Mystery image of 'life on Mars [Re: Overclock22]
#7925917 - 01/24/08 07:20 PM (16 years, 8 days ago) |
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Definitely Bigfoot... Bigfoot is on Mars. Actually, im not sure what that could be.
I was always under the assumption that mars was populated by beings who are not 3-Dimensional in nature.
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Re: Mystery image of 'life on Mars [Re: Cancer]
#7925932 - 01/24/08 07:22 PM (16 years, 8 days ago) |
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mycroscope said: Definitely Bigfoot... Bigfoot is on Mars. Actually, im not sure what that could be.
I was always under the assumption that mars was populated by beings who are not 3-Dimensional in nature.
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Re: Mystery image of 'life on Mars [Re: bodynotdead]
#7926352 - 01/24/08 08:19 PM (16 years, 8 days ago) |
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I blew it up, sharpened, tweaked gamma and contrast. It deffo looks like a woman
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Re: Mystery image of 'life on Mars [Re: Cancer]
#7927047 - 01/24/08 09:59 PM (16 years, 8 days ago) |
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It definately looks like a person. But what something looks like and what something is are two different things. From another angle it could just look like a lump of rock and sand.
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Re: Mystery image of 'life on Mars [Re: Cancer]
#7928587 - 01/25/08 05:49 AM (16 years, 7 days ago) |
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Its blatently just darth vader
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Re: Mystery image of 'life on Mars [Re: Ego Death]
#7928678 - 01/25/08 06:46 AM (16 years, 7 days ago) |
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I actually laughed at that.
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Re: Mystery image of 'life on Mars [Re: bodynotdead]
#7928824 - 01/25/08 08:03 AM (16 years, 7 days ago) |
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bodynotdead said:
An image of a mysterious shape on the surface of Mars, taken by Nasa spacecraft Spirit, has reignited the debate about life on the Red Planet.
A magnified version of the picture, posted on the internet, appears to some to show what resembles a human form among a crop of rocks.
While some bloggers have dismissed the image as a trick of light, others say it is evidence of an alien presence.
The image is a recent Nasa posting of the Spirit's landing in 2004.
Perspective
When the robotic rover set down on 24 January 2004, its images disappointed space-watchers hoping for signs of extraterrestrial life.
Now they appear convinced that this image provides the evidence they have been trawling Nasa's photo files for.
The blown-up image seems to resemble a figure striding among the Martian rocks.
The internet has been abuzz with postings offering theories.
One said it was a garden gnome, another that it was the Virgin Mary.
A third suggested Bigfoot, the hairy bipedal mountain beast that appears in various guises in a number of legends around the world.
But the consensus seemed to be that it bore a striking resemblance to the Little Mermaid statue in the Danish capital, Copenhagen.
Poster "Madurobob" said it was a statue "obviously built by an ancient civilisation that later departed Mars and settled Denmark".
Badastronomy.com tried to apply some perspective: "A man? It's a tiny rock only a few inches high. It's only a few feet from the rover!"
well - i think i have seen this image before - looks like an inverse bigfoot, but prolly just a trick of the light - I call bullshit, and i beleive in a LOT of crazy stuff. [image] [/image]
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dude... Ron Paul
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Re: Mystery image of 'life on Mars [Re: MokshaIs]
#7934041 - 01/26/08 08:57 AM (16 years, 6 days ago) |
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i think it's a chupacabra
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