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Bizzare object on Mars.

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posted on Jan, 4 2018 @ 05:55 PM
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INFO: "This image was taken by Mastcam: Right (MAST_RIGHT) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 1450 (2016-09-04 01:15:16 UTC)"

Somewhere in the Murray Butte Mesa area.

What the heck is this thing??


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posted on Jan, 4 2018 @ 05:55 PM
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A rock tree?




posted on Jan, 4 2018 @ 05:59 PM
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a reply to: sean

Lens smear, nothing to see here.


Rap is now more popular than rock, go look at that......


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posted on Jan, 4 2018 @ 06:03 PM
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It seems like the shadows of the surrounding rocks are angled towards the camera, but the anomaly casts no shadow. That suggests that it is either laying flat across the image or that the image has been edited to remove evidence of it standing up. One of that dichotomy seems more likely



posted on Jan, 4 2018 @ 06:05 PM
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a reply to: sean

Looks like it's a crack or crevasse in the ground?

I don't think it's something standing up though.



posted on Jan, 4 2018 @ 06:14 PM
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its kinda blurry

reminds me of looking out to the horizon in a desert or on a hot road and you see that blurry hazey wavy stuff floating around

like a mirage effect

a sign of temperature variation ?

leolady



posted on Jan, 4 2018 @ 06:14 PM
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originally posted by: sean
INFO: "This image was taken by Mastcam: Right (MAST_RIGHT) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 1450 (2016-09-04 01:15:16 UTC)"

Somewhere in the Murray Butte Mesa area.

What the heck is this thing??


Original
mars.nasa.gov...





Ummm...it's a vertical crack in the rock face...the sand is silted around the base area and makes it appear a standalone object...

Enlarge the area (I used 300%) and you can clearly see what I mean...

The main reason it stands out so much is that it's a lone vertical crack in a hillside of horizontal cracks...

It does kind of throw you at first...


YouSir



posted on Jan, 4 2018 @ 06:17 PM
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originally posted by: leolady
a sign of temperature variation ?

No, a sign of too much JPEG compression.



posted on Jan, 4 2018 @ 06:18 PM
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We've had a great discussion on it:

ATS: Did Curiosity Photograph A Plant Or Tree On Mars In Sept. 2016?.



posted on Jan, 4 2018 @ 06:20 PM
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a reply to: sean
Petrified, elongated frog skeleton?



posted on Jan, 4 2018 @ 06:26 PM
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It’s a rock. Just need to look at the whole picture.



posted on Jan, 4 2018 @ 06:28 PM
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Looks like many horizontal twig like limbs protruding off the center though.



posted on Jan, 4 2018 @ 06:42 PM
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That's amazing there was already a discussion of it. This one picture is one of many that are stitched together making up a panoramic view. I think, worth mentioning is that at the foot of this picture appears to be Quartz Veins. Signs that there was oceans on mars at one time. If man ever goes to Mars this would be an excellent spot to look for fossils and minerals.



posted on Jan, 4 2018 @ 06:43 PM
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originally posted by: sean
Looks like many horizontal twig like limbs protruding off the center though.



Ummm...those are the eroded edges of horizontal layers of sedimentary deposits on either side of the vertical crack in the rock face...





YouSir



posted on Jan, 4 2018 @ 06:46 PM
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Its a tombstone. A cross.
Seriously that's what it looks like to me.



posted on Jan, 4 2018 @ 06:49 PM
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I agree, without additional perspectives, it looks to be part of the terrain, not a 3 dimensional object. I am sure if more images were taken at different angles, the object will either not be seen or show up as a mark in the terrain.



posted on Jan, 4 2018 @ 07:28 PM
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A cross with an inscription: "Jesus Wuz Here".



posted on Jan, 4 2018 @ 09:19 PM
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hoax of a burning cross



posted on Jan, 5 2018 @ 12:30 AM
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It is a fulgurite.

We have them here.



posted on Jan, 5 2018 @ 03:17 AM
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originally posted by: sean
I think, worth mentioning is that at the foot of this picture appears to be Quartz Veins. Signs that there was oceans on mars at one time. If man ever goes to Mars this would be an excellent spot to look for fossils and minerals.

One of the reasons NASA chose that location for the Curiosity's mission was the fact that everything appeared to show that that crater was once a big lake, created by streams coming from the north and accumulating sediments in the centre of the crater, creating Mount Sharp.



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