can someone explain this mars pic

Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:40 pm » by **Soliti**

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/ ... B118R1.jpg

sorry image to big........

I am seeing alot here with right angle slabs also what looks like to be a plank of wood to a shiney object in the distance :headscratch:

Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:55 pm » by **Kerrblur2**

lol that is definently a wooden plank!!!

I think the dying nasa program is going to release more credible images to re ignite its past flame. imagine the funding to the program again if it finally released images and knowledge of artifacts on mars like we see on earth? or something even better!!

they have to do something cause there not very popular now

Sat Dec 08, 2012 10:05 pm » by **xSZx**

the 'log' looks like a rock to me even though its size and structure do seem out of place.
However that shiny thing in the background is very perplexing.

Sat Dec 08, 2012 10:28 pm » by **Soliti**

I think the dying nasa program is going to release more credible images to re ignite its past flame. imagine the funding to the program again if it finally released images and knowledge of artifacts on mars like we see on earth? or something even better!!

they have to do something cause there not very popular now

Its like a women who teases bit by bit they show a bit of skin.... and then one day bang here you go..... Now give me more money....Hopefully will see this so called hd ress shots one day..

ArchDoomBringer wrote:the 'log' looks like a rock to me even though its size and structure do seem out of place.
However that shiny thing in the background is very perplexing.

I agree.... I am thinking petrified wood... the shiny thingy is bugging me, very wierd....My photoshop wont focus deep enough....

Sat Dec 08, 2012 10:43 pm » by **Pitchke**

Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:00 pm » by **Chris6912**

looks like a railway sleeper to me just need to find the train???? :banana:

Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:02 pm » by **Phoenix rising**

2012 and they are still giving us monochrome pics :headscratch:

Also to note there seems to be a number of 45 degree angles to the surface rocks, maybe natural who knows...

Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:02 pm » by **The57ironman**

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........a left over from a Disney wild west ''shoot''.... :mrcool:

Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:12 pm » by **jagsrule522**

Looks like a big ocean in the background. Maybe driftwood??? And a little alien dude on a jet ski sayin :hiho:

haha!

Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:13 pm » by **WillEase666**

For those of you who remain convinced that NASA is covering up some sort of “major” finding here, just remember a few things:

1. This image was released back in May of 2004, just a couple of days after it was taken by Opportunity. MER Principal Investigator Steve Squyres made the decision before the mission started to release all the images taken by the rovers and make them freely available to anyone. If NASA was hiding something, they wouldn’t have posted this image, as well as all the other images of the area that are available. Please, go look at them all if you have any doubt.
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/images.html

2. The best planetary geologists on Earth have looked at this image, and have all concluded this is just a rock. It’s an interesting rock, but a rock nonetheless. Think again if you believe some internet sleuths out there have a better understanding of this object than highly trained and experienced planetary scientists.

3. If this object really was a piece of wood, NASA and all the scientists on the MER mission would probably be shouting from the rooftops. As Jim Bell said, it would be incredible and spectacular, and don’t think for a minute these scientists wouldn’t be jumping for joy if they found something as amazing as log on Mars.

And in case you’re wondering about the other interesting feature in the image, the shiny object in the background is Opportunity’s heat shield.