Images of Mars -- Part 2

[yurkin]

Sure looks like a rock to me

 

[rlb2]

2P162946783EFFAL5M1 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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2P162948427EFFAL5M1 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[jatslo]

<font color="yellow">2P162948092EFFAL5M1 - LIZARD</font><br /><br />Looks like a Lizard ;o)<br /><br />--- Jatslo

 

[rlb2]

<font color="orange">A so-called 'block' glacier, an ice stream with a large amount of scree (small rocks of assorted sizes).<br />flowed from a flank of the massif into a bowl-shaped impact crater (left), nine kilometres wide, which has<br /> been filled nearly to the rim. The block glacier then flowed into a 17 kilometre wide crater, 500 metres<br /> below, taking advantage of downward slope. <br /><br />The Martian surface at mid latitudes and even near the equator was being shaped by glaciers until a few <br />million years ago. Today, water ice could still exist at shallow depths as 'fossil' remnants of these glaciers.<br /><br />http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=16441<br /><br /><font color="white"><br />I darkened the space.ref image a bit and added constrast to bring out more detail....</font></font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[thechemist]

rlb2 : a big thanks, that last glacier flow image is amazing !<br /><br />jetslo : There is a lot of calcium on Mars in the form of CaSO4, and not as a carbonate, CaCO3, which is the fossil material that you mentioned.<br />And since you found the bug and the lizard, how come you missed the turtles ? <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em>I feel better than James Brown.</em> </div>

 

[jatslo]

When I was a kid, I did lots of crazy science experiments. Like utilizing the Sun's energy through a magnifying glass to bake potato bugs. What does that have to do with Mars? Nothing, but one time I remember spitting on some dust dirt. I then covered the puddle of spit with handfuls of the same dusty dirt. Anyway, my point is that the dirt formed a shell around the spit, which allowed me to pick it up and hold it my hand without getting spit on my hand.<br /><br />It could be that Mars has similar processes involved. The water excretes from underground, come in contact with the coco powder dust on the surface of mars, and then gets cocooned in minerals then freezes. If you look closely at some of these flowing reservoir photos, you will see large bubble/blister like regions that could be cocooned water ice.<br /><br />Anyway, it would be fun to analyze the data first hand. I am sure NASA is not releasing everything to the public, not as conspiracy or anything, just because of time constraints and practicalities.<br /><br />There must be hydrothermal vents and springs on Mars somewhere, and the flowing streams could be cocooned in water tubes, like lava tubes, and occasionally they breach the surface, only to boil and get cocooned again in coco powder dust. <br /><br />We should be able to see trace evidence of water flowing downhill through a water tube? These tubes should flow at or near the surface of mars, and they would look like veins or blisters protruding up rather than valleys and lakes that are dented.<br /><br />---Jatslo<br />

 

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2P164275299ESFAL5M1 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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[centsworth_II]

In the center, it looks like one rock eating another.<br /><br />Cropped from this image:http://qt.exploratorium.edu:16080/mars/spirit/pancam/2005-03-20/2P164538691ESFA8B3P2594L2M1.JPG <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[tap_sa]

The black porous-looking rock little 'northwest' from the middle, another meteorite?

 

[jatslo]

<font color="yellow">2P164451696ESFAL5M1</font><br /><br />Wow! The following sure looks like a metal beam that was melted, or smelted by extreme heat. Maybe its part of a bigger structure buried in the sand of time?<br /><br />--- Jatslo<br />

 

[rlb2]

<font color="orange">rlb2 : a big thanks, that last glacier flow image is amazing !<font color="white"><br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br />Also look like a mudflow to me, similar to Mt Saint Helens after the eruption. Notice the missing material from the hill on the right.<br /><br />jatslo said - <font color="orange">There must be hydrothermal vents and springs on Mars somewhere, and the flowing streams could be cocooned in water tubes, like lava tubes, and occasionally they breach the surface, only to boil and get cocooned again in coco powder dust.<font color="white"><br /><br />Have you ever visited the lava tubes in central Oregon or south of Mt Saint Helens??<br /><br />centsworth_II said –<font color="orange">In the center, it looks like one rock eating another.<font color="white"><br /><br />That looks like a good candidate for a cannibalistic rocks sighting. <br /><br />Tap_Sa said – <font color="orange">The black porous-looking rock little 'northwest' from the middle, another meteorite?<font color="white"><br /><br />Could be, weathering system on Mars is a lot different than it is on Earth, one would think that they should be a lot easier to find there.<br /><br />Lately Spirit images have been coming in at an accelerated pace, can hardly keep up.<br /><br />Here are a few more images.<br /><br />2P162949425EFFAL5M1<br /></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[rlb2]

2P162949759EFFAL5M1 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>