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Originally posted by IgnoreTheFacts
I would have to ignore much more mundane explanations that fit better before I decided to start a thread on it
Originally posted by stars15k
reply to post by erumisato
There are "coin-shaped" rocks on Earth, called Nummulites. Here's the kicker:
FOSSILS
I recall having circular features in some of my rock collection, in some shale. I also remember that they were identified as being a mineral deposit. But think about a geode......circular is a shape found all over the world, not just the biologicals.
I'll keep looking.......but I thought finding fossil examples first was cool.
Here's the site I first found, the pictures start about 2/3 of the way down the page.Nummulites
Gorevan told SPACE.com that the Spirit snapshots in question show a portion of a RAT brush mosaic, along with the actions of the rover's Mössbauer Spectrometer. That device carries out a detailed analysis of a rock once put flush into position on the object of interest.
"While I have not traced the precise path and geometry, it is suspected that the central 'fuzzy' patch is due to the Mössbauer placement onto a portion of the mosaic where brush bits had accumulated," Gorevan noted.
The Mössbauer contact plate picked up the brushed bits by a sticking action that Gorevan and others on the rover team have seen before. A related event happened earlier in the robot's mission, he explained.
Originally posted by Turiddu
Seems more likely a mix of Pareidolia and images edited to lead viewers towards a certain conclusion. That explanation is far more plausible than the objects being the ancient currency of a long lost Martian civilization that met a suitably Wagnerian Götterdämmerung in a war with other forgotten races, thus leaving Mars the hellish wasteland populated by the subtle ruins of their past greatness that we know today.
This again is evidence of a past Mars civilization...that is long gone.
Originally posted by Kratos40
We would have had more fun if you had posted the Martian Eels from the MarsAnomalyResearch website. For me that would be more intriguing.
Originally posted by zorgon
Originally posted by Kratos40
We would have had more fun if you had posted the Martian Eels from the MarsAnomalyResearch website. For me that would be more intriguing.
Mike Singh already did the Critters on Mars...
Evidence Of Ancient Life On Mars?
www.abovetopsecret.com...
Originally posted by Turiddu
....the objects being the ancient currency of a long lost Martian civilization that met a suitably Wagnerian Götterdämmerung in a war with other forgotten races, thus leaving Mars the hellish wasteland populated by the subtle ruins of their past greatness that we know today.