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originally posted by: VoidHawk
a reply to: BlackProjects
This was in another thread, the mark was mad by the rover.....or so they say.
originally posted by: VoidHawk
a reply to: BlackProjects
This was in another thread, the mark was mad by the rover.....or so they say.
originally posted by: smurfy
originally posted by: VoidHawk
a reply to: BlackProjects
This was in another thread, the mark was mad by the rover.....or so they say.
That's likely what it was, the impression of a Phillips screwhead, you can see that the area is soft and easily compressed.
originally posted by: VoidHawk
Martians have screw heads?!!!
That's alright if the rover made it...Maybe it's a print...What is clearly obvious tho is that it is an object or print made as the result of intelligent design...
originally posted by: VoidHawk
a reply to: BlackProjects
This was in another thread, the mark was mad by the rover.....or so they say.
I don't know how you can say that, it looks like a perfect fit for one screwhead and the curved inner edge:
originally posted by: MarioOnTheFly
a reply to: DPrice
that does not fit at all...
originally posted by: draknoir2
Looks like the imprint of a phillips head screw, likely from the camera apparatus.
I did a quick experiment with a power supply and some coffee creamer.
The creamer was pretty coarse... I'm thinking dessicated fine powder in an extremely thin atmosphere would yield better results, though this even picked up the little dot in the one quadrant of the screw head.
originally posted by: MarioOnTheFly
a reply to: DPrice
that does not fit at all...
originally posted by: Arbitrageur
I don't know how you can say that, it looks like a perfect fit for one screwhead and the curved inner edge:
originally posted by: MarioOnTheFly
a reply to: DPrice
that does not fit at all...
Not all the screwheads will make an impression if they aren't all pressing against the surface equally, and in this example, they weren't. Even if they were a lot of things can prevent additional impressions like variations in the hardness of the surface.
Yes there is alien technology on Mars, and it's ours; we're the aliens. It would be interesting to find evidence of native Martian technology or life, but this isn't.
That depends on how many more surfaces they press the X-ray spectrometer up against that form impressions like this. I wouldn't be surprised if there are more and I wouldn't be surprised if there aren't more. It's not something that will happen with a hard rock...the conditions have to be right.
originally posted by: MarioOnTheFly
So, shouldn't we expect more of these ?