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Originally posted by promenion
reply to post by ParanormalJessy
What would the fish be doing in a desert? Swimming in dirt? Martian Evolution.
Originally posted by Soylent Green Is People
Originally posted by TheFlash
Originally posted by jomataur
reply to post by Soylent Green Is People
That picture certainly looks like something the rover dropped. I'm going with that.
On the other hand, I just saw news that NASA's second scoop found more shiny stuff that appears to (the folks at NASA) to be Martian and not chunks of Curiosity.
So now they're going for scoop number three and an analysis of it.
Would you please explain what the specific attributes are in the photo(s) that cause you to conclude that this is "(certainly) something the rover dropped"? What are the characteristics, as you understand them, of 'things that the rover dropped'?
There is a teleconference starting in less than 10 minutes that will be giving a mission update (October 18, 3:00 PM EDT). Perhaps they will talk more about this first object (the one in the image in my post above) now that they had a bit more time investigate what it might be. In last week's telecon, they speculated it might be part of a plastic piece that is used to cover cable ends.
It is speculated that the bright objects in the second scoop may be native to Mars, considering they have sand attached to them.
Anyway, here is a link to the telecon (starts at 3:00 U.S. Eastern Time, 1800 UT -- which is real soon). Maybe they'll know more then.
marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov...
edit on 10/18/2012 by Soylent Green Is People because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Soylent Green Is People
Originally posted by bthek13b
reply to post by AmberLeaf
The "mouth"certainly looks manufactured but the rest seems at least "damaged"but i'm no expert.
There is no mouth:
Originally posted by FlySolo
reply to post by EnigmaAgent
That's remarkably clear.
Originally posted by Char-Lee
The new objects look very much like small diamonds. From what i read they are not going to mention any tests done on the first "bright object" here. We are supposed to just take their word that is what it is.
On the other hand heating or chemical tests done on a plastic could contaminate all their apparatus for good maybe.
Originally posted by Miccey
If i were in control...
1st: I would NOT try to hide ANYTHING
2nd: I would NOT jeapordize the sample (Analyze it in a hazardeous way)
3d: I would not SPECULATE on the origin OR what it IS..
Originally posted by Char-Lee
Originally posted by promenion
reply to post by ParanormalJessy
What would the fish be doing in a desert? Swimming in dirt? Martian Evolution.
I don't know about it being fish. But it could be fish like. Life finds a way we have seen that time and again. if there is a frozen ice layer many creatures may have adapted to living low and maybe surfacing for different stages of life.
Also we have found that often in low food and water source situations creatures get smaller. Even intelligent life forms shrink in a short time like the"Hobbits" did. We have no way of knowing the extent of this shrinking capacity of life forms.
For all we know historic story was speaking of tiny martians and we were the "giants" of the stories.
There could be tiny homes under rocks and humanoids gathering water ice for living anything IS possible!
Originally posted by promenion
Originally posted by Char-Lee
Originally posted by promenion
reply to post by ParanormalJessy
What would the fish be doing in a desert? Swimming in dirt? Martian Evolution.
I don't know about it being fish. But it could be fish like. Life finds a way we have seen that time and again. if there is a frozen ice layer many creatures may have adapted to living low and maybe surfacing for different stages of life.
Also we have found that often in low food and water source situations creatures get smaller. Even intelligent life forms shrink in a short time like the"Hobbits" did. We have no way of knowing the extent of this shrinking capacity of life forms.
For all we know historic story was speaking of tiny martians and we were the "giants" of the stories.
There could be tiny homes under rocks and humanoids gathering water ice for living anything IS possible!
Could you link to a story about tiny martians and us as "giants"? I'd like to read or watch a documentary if available, thanks!
Originally posted by AmberLeaf
This video shows there is something behind it, i have no idea what this could be.
Originally posted by Sublimecraft
reply to post by AmberLeaf
Looks like a Cicada / locust / Cricket wing or exo-skeleton
Originally posted by AmberLeaf
The image was zoomed in, the pixel size isnt altered.
Originally posted by TehSlenderMan
reply to post by AmberLeaf
I have doubts about that myself, the Rover is too expensive to have its materials just coming off a month or two of being on Mars.