Monolith Structure Captured On NASA Mars Orbiter Camera

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An image of what appears to be a mysterious rocky monument on Mars has excited space junkies around the world.

The 'monolith', was snapped from 165miles away using a special high resolution camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

After being published on the website Lunar Explorer Italia, it set tongues wagging with space buffs questioning whether there was once life on the Red Planet.



But scientists at the University of Arizona, who captured the original image, reckon it's just an unremarkable boulder, which could measure up to five metres across.

Yisrael Spinoza, a spokesman for the HiRISE department of the university's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, gave Mail Online the original image so readers can make up their own minds.

He said: 'It would be unwise to refer to it as a "monolith" or "structure" because that implies something artificial, like it was put there by someone for example.

'In reality it's more likely that this boulder has been created by breaking away from the bedrock to create a rectangular-shaped feature.'

The image seems to resemble the black monolith that appears during key moments of man's evolution in the Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

The original image, taken last July, was published again this week on the University of Arizona's HiRISE website on the 'spotlight' page which seems to have led to the renewed interest.

'Is it possible that there used to be an ancient civilization on Mars?' former Montreal radio presenter David Tyler asked on his blog.

'Is it possible that NASA already knows the answer? Could this be the final straw for disclosure?'
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Excellent pictures. Here is the link from the Buzz Aldrin Monolith on Phobos Mar's moon.

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yeah, i was looking for this topic to just add this too it, but couldnt find it.

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Nice pictures! i will look into this further if I get to finish uploading these vids

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But scientists at the University of Arizona, who captured the original image, reckon it's just an unremarkable boulder, which could measure up to five metres across.

He said: 'It would be unwise to refer to it as a "monolith" or "structure" because that implies something artificial, like it was put there by someone for example.

Id say these are the two most important statements in the article, its a rock not man made, and this is by far the most likley reason.

Yes it does look a little outta place, but no one can honestly expect everything to look exactly as expected, if youve got all of mars to look at youre gonna find one or two seemingly "strange" things.

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nice find buddy.

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I really don't understand how something so rectangular- linear- could form naturally. Unless it's some kind of crystaline structure. Pretty amazing for a "natural" formation. Does anyone know if crystalline formations naturally occur on Mars? Or if it fits into Mars geologic makeup- is it possible? I guess that the "tube" photos could be some kind of crystaline formation as well.?

Pretty interesting.

Props Dom.

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It would be more astounding if they were to take pics of allover Mars and found nothing strange at all, could you imagine how strange it would be if with all the infinite possibility, nature didnt pull out the occasional straight line, now that would be strange.
Seeing the occasional straight line etc.. is expected.

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Monoliths poppin out everywhere in the Solar System nowadays


The Phobos Monolith















http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA10368
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA10368.jpg



Eros Monolith

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