Wood on Mars?

[mediatruth]

Picture sparks claims of wood on Mars

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/3544076/Picture-sparks-claims-of-wood-on-Mars.html

A photograph of the surface of Mars showing a mysterious object

The picture, which was taken as part of Nasa's Mars Exploration Rover mission in May 2004, has given excitable internet message board users reason to believe that a civilisation has formed on the planet.
Some of the more far-fetched theories over the object's identity range from a plank of wood to a giant flake.

However, Dr Jim Bell, an Associate Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University and the lead scientist in the development of the Rover project's cameras, has provided an alternative explanation.

He told the Universe Today website that "sadly" there was no wood in the picture, adding: "I say 'sadly' because personally I think it would be incredible and spectacular to find a wooden plank on Mars. However, in this case, it's just a trick of the lighting and the viewing angle.
He added: "What you're seeing is a piece of flat, platy, layered sulfur-rich outcrop rock ... Sometimes, like in this case, those flat, platy rocks have been tilted or dislodged, this one probably from the forces associated with the huge impact crater that formed nearby.

"And this one's being viewed edge-on. That edge-on view, combined with the layered nature of these rocks in general gives the surface a sort of grainy texture. So, indeed, it looks like a wooden plank on Mars."
While frozen water was discovered on the planet earlier this year, it is thought unlikely that conditions on the planet would allow for life to develop.

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[PrairieMoon]

Maybe they found the hammer that disappeared from whatever space vehicle the astranauts were working on last year!

[ScottyKarate]

How much per cord for martian wood?:mrgreen::mrgreen:

[packyderms_wife]

I wonder if they found Dorothy and Toto as well? Tinman maybe??? :mrgreen:

[argonath]

They seem desperate to prove that man wasnt created on earth in God's image for a purpose.

Any little speck or theory of 'alien' life or civiliation not on planet earth keep them like little 'Al Gores' fantasizing about agenda over science.

[Mr. Gravy]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01125/woodonmars_1125438c.jpg

[packyderms_wife]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01125/woodonmars_1125438c.jpg

Hmmm and that could be some wood out in any desert or dried up lake bed on this planet! How do we know that that rover is actually on Mars?

Kimberly

[Spike n Ree]

It is quite obvious that it is a discarded railroad ty, which is an indication that they have had trains on mars and when they became unprofitable as they have on earth, they got rid of them instead of having the government fund them.

Spike

[Ferris]

I am surprised that no one chimed in with the idea that this shows that being on Mars is part of Hollywood magic :shock:. Pics were taken after a wind storm blew through or something like that...:razz:...

Ferris

ps I do not disbelieve

http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:q-4SbvfNDt9BkM:http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa144/Primate_bucket/I_Want_To_Believe.jpg (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa144/Primate_bucket/I_Want_To_Believe.jpg&imgrefurl=http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php%3Fp%3D24154940&usg=__BHuI4m_VgtGrxejLWfClzAQTYZw=&h=768&w=1024&sz=167&hl=en&start=2&tbnid=q-4SbvfNDt9BkM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3DI%2Bwant%2Bto%2Bbelieve%26gbv%3D2%26h l%3Den)........................................... ..............

[Gandalf]

There's probably lots of stuff on Mars like buried ruins that have been there a long time.

[Fed_Up]

I bet if they could dig down, they would find Noahs Ark.

[PrairieMoon]

Piece of the Ark...? :mrgreen:

[sherbar92]

Leftover construction material? :mrgreen:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/sherbar1/mars_wmt.jpg

[drissel]

I'm waiting for them to discover oil and then run a pipeline to Earth:)

[Mr. Gravy]

Over on TB there is a larger pic posted:
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20040524a/site_B115_navcam_180_cyl_L-B118R1.jpg

I think I see something shown by this pic. Follow the arrow:

[Mr. Gravy]

Close up:

THis is on the left of the big picture lower middle.

[Mr. Gravy]

What I see looks like this:


Am I crazy or does anyone else see it?

[Lavender]

Looks like it's nothing more than an old discarded fence post to me.

[packyderms_wife]

Looks like it's nothing more than an old discarded fence post to me.

Or a railroad tie.

Kimberly

[packyderms_wife]

Piece of the Ark...? :mrgreen:

That's another thought I had.

Kimberly

[packyderms_wife]

Leftover construction material? :mrgreen:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/sherbar1/mars_wmt.jpg

Well I heard there was pretty good growth/renewal after Mount St. Helens blew but I didn't realize they had put in a WM super center! :mrgreen::mrgreen:

[Ferris]

Over on TB there is a larger pic posted:
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20040524a/site_B115_navcam_180_cyl_L-B118R1.jpg

I think I see something shown by this pic. Follow the arrow:

I could not see a cross in the pic. I do, however see a snow man or a Jack in the Box head up in the top of the pic...directly over the "wood" in question. :shock:

Ferris

[Mr. Gravy]

Go back to the larger pic and look at the space circled in red here:

[Martinhouse]

Looks like the edge of a piece of shale to me. I dug up lots of stuff that looked just like that when I first started my garden!

Carol

[Ferris]

Go back to the larger pic and look at the space circled in red here:


Damnit how long did you stare at this pic in order to see that?!? I have been going back and forth for a long time and just now saw what it was that you were talking about... My hat's off to you kind sir. I have exceptional eyes but I missed that :shock::shock::shock:.

Ferris

[Mr. Gravy]

It was jut something that caught my eye in the large pic. What do you think it is?

[mediatruth]

Wonder what the shiney thing in the back ground is?

[packyderms_wife]

Go back to the larger pic and look at the space circled in red here:

John I'm working from a true 21 inch screen and when I click on that little thumbnail the pic enlarges to about a whole 2 inches. I see nothing but a hotdog shape in the pic.

Kimberly

[packyderms_wife]

Wonder what the shiney thing in the back ground is?

Big Boy Resturant! Tis where all of them moved to don't yah know :mrgreen:

[TonyE]

I believe 2009 will be a year of disclosure … Jesus said: men's hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, Luke 21:26a

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh222/tonyesteves/BibleandUFOs.jpg

[Mr. Gravy]

John I'm working from a true 21 inch screen and when I click on that little thumbnail the pic enlarges to about a whole 2 inches. I see nothing but a hotdog shape in the pic.

Kimberly


Hello Kimberly,
Look at the very large pic above and then to the left of the log. You will see the "hot dog shape" there but larger. It is easier to see in the big picture. it looks like a cross or plus symbol with hash marks around it like a clock face.

PS I'm Bob

[packyderms_wife]

Hello Kimberly,
Look at the very large pic above and then to the left of the log. You will see the "hot dog shape" there but larger. It is easier to see in the big picture. it looks like a cross or plus symbol with hash marks around it like a clock face.

PS I'm Bob

Ok I'm just not seeing it but it's probably just me, say does anyone else think that stuff on the ground looks like vegetation? When will we be told that this was filmed in Idaho or Washington or better yet the petrified forest?

Kimberly

[Mr. Gravy]

This pic will show you the location in relationship to the log. Locate that spot on the very big pic above:

[packyderms_wife]

Sorry Bob I thought you were John Galt you have that same picture that he has in his avatar so now I'm curious as to what it means.

[Mr. Gravy]

I used paint to show what I'm seeing:

[Mr. Gravy]

Sorry Bob I thought you were John Galt you have that same picture that he has in his avatar so now I'm curious as to what it means.

Its from the movie "V for Vendetta".

[Mr. Gravy]

Use the large pic I posted in post 15 to get a good look at it.

[Ferris]

Wonder what the shiney thing in the back ground is?

It is a snowman of course 8)...

Ferris

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, I guess it could be one of the old Big Boy figurines from bygine days, or it could be a martian flavored Jack in the Box :shock:... Or maybe a shrine to the Stay Puft marshmallow man http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:Y0pY1m3hTq0Z0M:http://www.minimodelfilmstuff.co.uk/8025701F0054F3AD/ls/NECA-31970/%24File/ghostbusters-stay-puft-figure-neca-31970-p.jpg (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.minimodelfilmstuff.co.uk/8025701F0054F3AD/ls/NECA-31970/%24File/ghostbusters-stay-puft-figure-neca-31970-p.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.minimodelfilmstuff.co.uk/film-collectable/ghostbusters-stay-puft-n31970&usg=__pQoDF0Lr5ejqVbfp0fLGW5qWEKo=&h=397&w=330&sz=37&hl=en&start=7&um=1&tbnid=Y0pY1m3hTq0Z0M:&tbnh=124&tbnw=103&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dghostbuster%2Bstay%2Bpuft%26um%3D1%26 hl%3Den%26sa%3DN) :-D