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Miniscuzz
reply to post by Phage
Sometimes, you just have to let go Phage lol. Listen, are you actually claiming that the odds favor your assumption that a cosmic ray hit a sensor that's mm's wide right at the exact moment it took a picture on Mars? Those odds cannot even be calculated into any reliable theory. However, the odds that aliens exist CAN be and IS calculated correct?
Perhaps it was an alien taking a pot-shot with his ray gun at that exact moment. Perhaps it was the reflection of the sun. Perhaps is was Obi-Wan-Kanobi. All of the above sound far more plausible than your whacky theory lol.
Now that I've responded to you, how about you respond to me on how any cosmic ray could make it to the ground of a planet that doesn't have the proper atmosphere to facilitate the breakup of the particles which cause cosmic rays to continue on to the ground. Thanks!
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zetnom
Image comparing cosmic ray captured on earth with DSLR and Mars 'light' source.
After the extra info I think I would have to say cosmic ray over dead pixel due to its shape and size, it would have to be a fair few dead pixels.
It does look quite large compared to other captures I have seen but I suppose it all depends on the angle which it hits the sensor.
Info on capturing cosmic rays with DSLR
People are getting quite consistent images of cosmic rays by doing long exposures here on earth, giving the size of the practical and the size of the sensor. An area the size of your hand here on Earth is said to be hit by a cosmic ray once per second. As Mars does not have an atmosphere to protect it you would have to assume that the hit rate would be far greater.
lostbook
zetnom
Image comparing cosmic ray captured on earth with DSLR and Mars 'light' source.
After the extra info I think I would have to say cosmic ray over dead pixel due to its shape and size, it would have to be a fair few dead pixels.
It does look quite large compared to other captures I have seen but I suppose it all depends on the angle which it hits the sensor.
Info on capturing cosmic rays with DSLR
People are getting quite consistent images of cosmic rays by doing long exposures here on earth, giving the size of the practical and the size of the sensor. An area the size of your hand here on Earth is said to be hit by a cosmic ray once per second. As Mars does not have an atmosphere to protect it you would have to assume that the hit rate would be far greater.
Based off the image I see in your close up drawing, I'd say this is some type of exhaust port for an underground base. Look at the base of where the exhaust is coming from. It looks like some type of fabricated hole. That's just how I see it.
immoralist
lostbook
zetnom
Image comparing cosmic ray captured on earth with DSLR and Mars 'light' source.
After the extra info I think I would have to say cosmic ray over dead pixel due to its shape and size, it would have to be a fair few dead pixels.
It does look quite large compared to other captures I have seen but I suppose it all depends on the angle which it hits the sensor.
Info on capturing cosmic rays with DSLR
People are getting quite consistent images of cosmic rays by doing long exposures here on earth, giving the size of the practical and the size of the sensor. An area the size of your hand here on Earth is said to be hit by a cosmic ray once per second. As Mars does not have an atmosphere to protect it you would have to assume that the hit rate would be far greater.
Based off the image I see in your close up drawing, I'd say this is some type of exhaust port for an underground base. Look at the base of where the exhaust is coming from. It looks like some type of fabricated hole. That's just how I see it.
This sort of 'skyhook' thinking is always really funny to me. When confronted with an unknown phenomena people who try to 'figure it out' by going with the most complex and fanciful explanations first really are doing themselves and the field a considerable disservice. Whenever you dont know what something is, you should ALWAYS try to figure it out by going for the most simple, most rational and least fanciful explanation first (ESPECIALLY on things with very little information, like one picture, or one video), then if you rule that out start getting more complex.
The idea that this ISNT a cosmic ray relic is really maddening to me personally, Phage clearly was being extremely helpful in this thread and the OP seems to take it personally that the guy gave him the best and most likely answer to his question, but because it seemed to trample on his fanciful imaginative dreams that CANT be the explanation. If you want Sci Fi, phrase it as sci fi, If you want Science, proceed from simple, physical causes and axioms until you can rule those out.