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reply posted on 9-10-2012 @ 02:16 AM by Gemwolf

My brain's "core object recognition" immediately suggested that it's a winged insect...

Dead mayfly for comparison:

I bet it's a form of cockroach. Because if there was once life on Mars, the only remaining survivors would be cockroaches...

reply posted on 9-10-2012 @ 02:17 AM by winofiend

Originally posted by AmberLeaf

Originally posted by Arken
Surely this anomaly seem out of place with the surrounding terrain.
Mole of Mars?
S&F.

NASA say the object might be a part of the six-wheeled rover

NASA, NASA, NASA.....
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haha NASA are a funny lot.

excuses excuses

*SCREAMS*

I bet you can hear screams in space, only NASA says otherwize. stoopid nasa...

reply posted on 9-10-2012 @ 02:18 AM by Damsel

Am I the only one who thinks it looks like a scrap of metal or plastic? It does not look organic at all to me.

As much as I'd love to hear about life on Mars, I think the notion of it being a chip off of Curiosity seems like the most likely scenario.

reply posted on 9-10-2012 @ 02:21 AM by winofiend

Originally posted by Extralien
reply to post by thePharaoh

Have I missed something?
Could you please explain why you think, or know, that it is not a tooth?

I'd hazard a simple earthly guess. We've never seen a beasty with teeth on mars. Now sure, this does not exclude this. And if it is ancient, then it serves as merely an example of a possibly extinct form of life that had evolved long enough to have evolution throw teeth at the bugger.

But we don't see a lot of this. Martian toothmonsters.

If it had been surrounded by any sort of fossilised bone, structure of any sort... or even if there were more. I'd have to think otherwise. I still would not assume that it's an instant and obvious NASA coverup if they said "Naww looks more like rubble to us."

It's GOD: 0
It's the Martian Toothmonster: 1
It's a rock/and or part of curiosity: ?

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reply posted on 9-10-2012 @ 02:29 AM by 12voltz

Whatever it is ,rat,prawn, sea,horse ,ass faced rock crawler, It isnt scared of a giant robotic machine crawling over its home. . On the other hand its--
Probably chewing gum dropped by the security guard

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reply posted on 9-10-2012 @ 02:30 AM by Extralien

reply to post by winofiend

I like your score board

I'm in bit of a rush right now, but when i get back I'll try to do a comparison image (side by side) and point out the bits I've tried to describe in my previous post.

I cannot see why it could not be a tooth. We know teeth can be fossilised.. what bothers me is the time frame.
NASA say it is shiny.. teeth are shiny...

even fossilised ones can be shiny..
is.gd...

reply posted on 9-10-2012 @ 02:42 AM by winofiend

reply to post by Extralien

Interesting point there, teeth can be shiny. But mars has a rather 'ironic' atmosphere

Loads of rust. I wonder how an untouched deposit (such as fossils are I guess) would fare in that. Any hint of liquid water would surely penetrate the depth of what we're told here. Carrying with it an oxidised rust paint, more or less.

No water.. well it seems to exclude life.

I might entirely be thinking about the atmos wrong, in terms of levels. but red mars is given it's name from it's atmospheric hue, so hopefully I'm ok.. O.o

If that holds any truth, any bright object should be viewed with curiousness rather than seeking an end.

If not, I just mashed loads of brain cells together, wasted precious kilojoules d ong so, and am now more confused than when I started.

It's easier to stay confused.. at least that way people don't focus on you when they ask hard questions.

"Yooowaaa?"

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reply posted on 9-10-2012 @ 02:51 AM by DeadSeraph

The skeptic in me says it's a chip off the rover of some sort. The conspiracy theorist in me says that even if it's something anomalous, NASA will just say it's part of the rover anyways. Apparently they will be taking closer/higher res pictures of it, so hopefully we all get to see them as well.

reply posted on 9-10-2012 @ 02:57 AM by AmberLeaf

reply to post by DeadSeraph

I wouldnt hold your breath on that one.
most of the images that are in the public domain are thumbnails and down sampled images. Many whole days are missing. (SOL3 - SOL9.....SOL18, SOL31).

A lot of the interesting images are too small to actually view. (thumbnails)

reply posted on 9-10-2012 @ 03:04 AM by gortex

That is an interesting image , it does seem to look like a wing even down to the attachment at the end ....

reply posted on 9-10-2012 @ 03:09 AM by DeadSeraph

reply to post by AmberLeaf

This one seems to show it pretty clearly (although it is not very large). I didn't see the object at first but it's near the bottom center of the image:

www.nasa.gov...

NASA gives some information on scale (The scoop is 1.8 inches wide), so whatever it is, it's very small (and probably not a tooth

)

ETA: Note that this is before the object was in the scoop.

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reply posted on 9-10-2012 @ 03:12 AM by DeadSeraph