Mysterious ‘Tracks’ On Mars And The Moon!, page 5

Originally posted by zorgon
That Mercedes Rock is some rock alright with all those different cross sections and protuberances... mighty impressive boulder indeed...

What is the problem with a rock with many different cross sections?

Maybe I am using the wrong words, but if you cut a rock in half, the new surface of each half it's what I call the cross section. If you cut the rock in a different way you will most probably get a different cross section, unless the rock is a perfect sphere, in that case all cross sections that intersect the centre of the rock will look like a perfect circle.

If you do not cut the rock through its centre then, even with a sphere, you can get different looking cross sections.

Why would I imagine it starts at the bottom of the image, when the overall image clearly shows which way is UP?

You look like someone with a good imagination.

OK, then you know that downslope is towards the top of the image. Good.

Ah I see... so what you are telling me then... if there are no changes in elevation as you say, then this Mercedes Rock rolled a long distance on a flat surface... bouncing, twisting and skipping across this level ground, so it lands on the different points on the three cross sections of this Mercedes Rock...

If I understand what you are saying you are talking about two different things, a flat surface and level ground.

A flat surface does not mean a horizontal surface, it could be in any position from horizontal to vertical, and in this case I was only talking about the ground where the track was made, you can have a non flat surface on a mountain slope but have many completely flat strips of ground from the top to the bottom.

Okay I have seen rocks in Utah move over a flat surface, (leaving a flat continuous trail)... so ignoring the fact that the image is of a CHASM, with clearly defined and described steep SLOPES... we will assume for a moment that the track is on level ground...

If by “level” you mean horizontal, I never spoke of level ground.

Okay so where is this miraculous Mercedes Rock that made this strange track? Surely it did not just vanish into thin air?

I said it from the beginning that I could not find anything that could have made that track on the photo, if you read my posts you know that I said it at least once.

OY and you skeptics call US crazy...

I never called you crazy, but I can start at any time you like. If you like it I can even call other things, and in even in different languages.