"They" already know that life exists or existed on Mars. "We" the ones kept in the dark, will be kept in the dark, regardless of what this new mission finds or subsequent missions thereafter.

/ashame

Can someone explain to me why the original 1976 Viking pic of the "Face" on Mars looks absolutely nothing like the pictures they took in 1998? I mean, even all the dots/holes above the 1976 pic are GONE in the 1998 one. I find that quite strange.

Nah. You look long and hard enough at pictures of the planets, and the moon and what not, you're going to see something eventually. I don't care about these kinds of pictures anymore. That's just me though.

Just after the L-shape depression is an image , followed by a highlighted version, showing a structure in Candor Chasm. Compare it with Gobeckli Tepe in Turkey and I can almost guarantee a tingle down your spine :- the same horseshoe shape, the square structure in the centre and what appear to be pillars around it, plus a lot of terraces or steps.
Pareidolia just doesn't enter into it - for one it is far from being universally accepted and anyway who surfs images of Mars with images of a neolithic temple in Turkey etched into their subconscious ? That structure is 100% anomalous to it's surroundings, how can that be natural geology ?
MikeSingh used to post on 2 other forums after he left ATS but hasn't been on either for at least a year, he was in his sixties and I fear he is no longer with us. His postings stopped abruptly and he didn't seem to be losing interest, I hope someone out there can enlighten us.

Originally posted by Milkflavour

Originally posted by ColonelSF
This one is pretty intriguing! Looks like an airstrip with the accompanying infrastructure! Reminds me of the Nazca lines.

One needs to look at it in detail to pick out the geometrical designs...

Amazing stuff!

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To be honest, this is pretty much the only one that caught my eye.... The problem is we have no perspective, nothing to compare it to and really, no idea whatsoever a to what we are looking at... I mean, what's all the wavy lines and such? Is the grey, rectangular shape elevated, buried, huge, tiny????
There are some definite shapes and what look like a lot of straight lines... One of the first thighs we were taught in camouflage and concealment was that "there are no straight lines in nature". I know that's probably a bit of an overgeneralisation but...???
Perhaps we could try to find pictures of similarly straight, seemingly man-made structures/formations that are naturally occuring, here on earth?... If we find some then perhaps it's safe to say that, what we are looking at is at least likely to be similar to what we see here on earth, if we find none then perhaps that adds at least a little bit of weight to the theory that perhaps this isn't a natural formation (though that would still be a million miles or perhaps, more accurately 100 million miles, away from proof)

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I would like to know the HiRiSE full number on this image if anyone has it. I am curious (pun intended) if this is in Holden Crater one of the 4 landing sites that was not picked for the MSL rover.

The 6th and 12th pictures from the top are interesting in that most primitive civilizations have shown damming and mining technologies and societal structures. It may be interesting to study Mars for archaeological evidence as we do Earth. Most of the others just look like eye grabbing patterns.

Originally posted by Aliensun
I just did a brief check of the "dam"-like structure, image 12. Not found at ATU per the label given or with a couple of small changes. Note that Mike's name is not on it. Plus, the label perhaps contains some errors and a bit of data chopped.

I've not seen this image before and surely it is one of the best "supposed" images from Mars. I'll attempt to do some further checking into it. But my gut feeling is that it is too good to be true and even if it was posted at one time, it will be long gone. Need it be pointed out that there are probably over a hundred systematical lines and angles to the structure? 'No way for that to be natural if it is a legitimate image.

Yep, that's Mike's discovery! The full image is below with the image number. As per the description in the album this HiRISE one has been discovered through the IAS Viewer - whatever that is!!

Originally posted by thebtheb
Can someone explain to me why the original 1976 Viking pic of the "Face" on Mars looks absolutely nothing like the pictures they took in 1998? I mean, even all the dots/holes above the 1976 pic are GONE in the 1998 one. I find that quite strange.

It was a different angle, I still believe it's a face myself, NASA doesn't want you to think it's a face because then we would know. We are not the only ones.

In 1998 a stamp was printed, if that had been proven to be face on Mars the stamps were going to be worth a fortune. Oh well.

To be honest I've seen many a pic from the rovers etc...over a long period of time and also from earlier Nasa images...I'm 50 today so that gives u an idea...Its fantastic that the images are close up...Mars is not composed of Earth like material...sure its as near as damn it in size and possibly could or maybe have sustained life albeit to brief if at all......now let the geologists and experts give their views on the crystal like formations on Mars ie the squareness the uniform and poss biological anomalies...and I think they are normal formations appertaining to the position of Mars and its composition...Its lovely to see all these so called square type 'buildings' pyramids etc...but given Mars position and composition I am certain there are scientific explanations- do I believe life existed on Mars NO...do i believe there might have been some forms of biological life poss yes but died out very briefly as Mars is likened to a desert...and we keep on convincing ourselves that these uniform anomalies are proof of the existence of life previous....its a fascinating planet nothing more...sorry if I offend any believers but if earth was barren i wonder if we would have similarities within the confines of space and the lack of water and gases....after all crystal caverns that exist in parts of the earth underground lacking in certain gases and un disturbed also demonstrate such uniform patterns as does icicles and stalagmites/stalagtites and even snow particles in the abscence of certain conditions....

Originally posted by bowtomonkey
This is why I avoid these threads. It's always a case of people being desperate to believe what they want to believe. It's really obvious guys. Popular theories become reality .. until nothing real matters anymore as it doesn't agree with silly notions that should just pass away.

Is any of this proof of something? Who knows but if you throw another 100 anomalies at me, I'm supposed to think there is proof, when all that happened is that someone tugged in my heart strings a great deal and it made me think it is real. That's how it works, so if you want the truth, these days.. look at the motivation.

I don't think you even bother to read the posts or even what the OP had mentioned. Who said that this was 'proof', that you keep bandying about? These are just anomalous and intriguing stuff that litters Mars. No one is desperate to believe as you contend. The OP never said that this was proof of a Martian civilization! 'May be', 'possibly', 'probably' etc doesn't translate to proof.

The only way to get real proof is to go out there and put your boots on Martian soil. Otherwise this is just speculation. But the images on this thread, needless to say, are pretty intriguing and worth a second look. Probably shows how strange nature can get!