A Giant alien worm spotted on Mars

Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:35 pm » by **Dagnamski**

I love it

Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:46 pm » by **Dagnamski**

Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:08 pm » by **Scottyp**

eldorado wrote:Weird how the white trail differs from the shadowy groove behind it......cant figure it out?

Maybe its the angle of the sun thats making the shadow look odd???? Not sure though what to make of it, but the shadow also caught my eye. :peep:

Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:27 am » by **Frutty**

rantar wrote:
frutty wrote:
marduk2012 wrote:Ze....shadow...of the "tornado"...looks not quite right imo...it doesnt fit.

(or does it due ze sun´s angle?)

Though the shadow don't pair up with the white smudge, it's an incredible twister anyway. Remember it's NASA that is vouching that never before seen high definition photograph of an alien tornado in another planet.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/n ... 20307.html

That does not look like the shadow of the twister. It looks like the path it followed. A dark charred/disturbed path. Anyway my opinion at least.

What?

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/n ... 20307.html :rtft:

A towering dust devil, casts a serpentine shadow over the Martian surface in this image acquired by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona

:nope:

truthisaweap0n wrote:hmmm. after closer inspection, it does look off, becuase the shadows of the rockes dont match. perhaps what we are thinking is the shadow is actually the disturbed soil path of the tornado.

truthi, at last somebody with the analytic skills to see this cannot be a shadow. (well marduk had already realized but nobody believed him :roll:

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Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:52 am » by **Seahawk**

will69ease wrote:
iwanci wrote:Ohh it IS definately a dust devil then??? ok so what are we argueing about then?

Case closed Will thanks for that.

I didn't ignore it btw, I just read ahead and missed it (albeit it several times apparently)...

Speaking of a mars worm...

Now, That is worthy of the title. Definitely. :flop:

Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:58 am » by **Seahawk**

truthisaweap0n wrote:hmmm. after closer inspection, it does look off, becuase the shadows of the rockes dont match. perhaps what we are thinking is the shadow is actually the disturbed soil path of the tornado.

No. Imo, you were write the first time.

that is because the angle of the sun is low, so the long shadow is the shorter curve of the white twister. You can tell how high up it is going by the distortion of the shadow and the fade at the end of the shadow that matches the diffused 'cloud' towards the top.

If you look at the original, you will see that the curve of the dust cloud- on the right- matches the curve on the ground. You can't see that in the image that we're using here, but can, on the original.

Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:06 am » by **Frutty**

seahawk100 wrote:
If you look at the original, you will see that the curve of the dust cloud- on the right- matches the curve on the ground. You can't see that in the image that we're using here, but can, on the original.

"Original"

ref: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/m ... 15116.html

Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:15 am » by **Seahawk**

frutty wrote:
seahawk100 wrote:
If you look at the original, you will see that the curve of the dust cloud- on the right- matches the curve on the ground. You can't see that in the image that we're using here, but can, on the original.

"Original"

ref: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/m ... 15116.html

Guess my original is different from your original.

>>>Your original link NASA Mars Orbiter Catches Twister in Action

Mine is longer :look:

You must have enlarged the photo before putting it into your posts.

Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:27 am » by **Frutty**

seahawk100 wrote:
frutty wrote:
seahawk100 wrote:
If you look at the original, you will see that the curve of the dust cloud- on the right- matches the curve on the ground. You can't see that in the image that we're using here, but can, on the original.

"Original"

ref: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/m ... 15116.html

Guess my original is different from your original.

>>>Your original link [url]NASA Mars Orbiter Catches Twister in Action[/url]
Mine is longer

You must have enlarged the photo before putting it into your posts.

Still no "matching shadow" and even if by a big stretch of mind you can make it match, the lighting is screwed up (as seen before)

:peep:

Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:29 am » by **Seahawk**

Okay.

Wait! You reneged??? :lol:

Why did you edit out your previous edit?

Edit. Oh shit! The two pictures are different!