Lets bury the shadow idea... it is very im plausible that it is a shadow since the light seems to fall from the top of the photos in the OP photos. Based on everything else in the photo.

The rectangular "shadow" appears to fall upwards as if the light was coming from the bottom.
So in order for it to fall downwards, there would have to be a shape... a protrusion... some cliffs ABOVE the rectangle and I sure can't see that shape or cliff......

Therefore if it is not pixel error or cencorship, then we have to conclude it is in fact a hole in the surface.

Then we can ask ourselves why it is so damn straight all the way around (relatively speaking).

It is either
A: natural formation casting a shadow
B: camera artifact
C: non natural structure
D: all of the above because lets face it, we will never know so go forth and call it what you will, but have fun with it.



... I know that's not in the spirit of seeking knowledge, but really, how can you prove or disprove anything like this.

In all likelihood B may be proved wrong, but A & C will do your head in for ever.

But by all means......

Originally posted by isyeye
I zoomed in on the rectangle and adjusted the contast and brightness a little...You can clearly see that there is something on inside of the hole, maybe just part of the terrain...It's hard to tell exatly what it is.

You can also see at the top of the black area, there is an upright formation that you are viewing almost directly from overhead. A large rectangular rock, it appears. This would be what is casting the shadow.

Part of the shadow is at the base of the formation itself, but almost bleeds into the rest of the shadow, tricking the eye into seeing the shadow as a whole, instead of parts.

Well there's only one way to settle this... Everyone, pack up your stuff, we're going to Mercury. It's going to get a little hot over there so bring some sunscreen.

That's a ufo garage

N0 smooth edges..............w/blemishes on the surface.

Originally posted by beezzer
"Oh my god! It's full of stars!"

Nod to Stanley Kubrick

Brilliant beezer, Is that Hillrak Clintobam you use for your avatar?

Interesting thread, lets see where it goes.

Originally posted by DovahPrettyKeen
What if the 3.4 or the mathematical measurements of this rectangle hold some value? I've been doing my own research and apparently .34n is a distance measured in DNA. I also tried to find bible verses related to 3.4
Maybe there are more numbers to this in general.
I'm not good with numbers, but that's one thing "aliens" tend to like. Making jokes and messages through math.
So don't look at the rectangle as a rectangle. Look at it as a message of some kind.

But only for the limited amount of people that use "miles", right?

Originally posted by gnosticagnostic
well that's huge and it's definitely not a perfect rectangle with right angles.. you can see a vast amount of "cracking" along the entire area. ... my guess is that it is a lower laying area and therefore casting a odd shadow in the black in white photo.. if it were in color it would easier to tell...

Never trust a JPEG image when you want to really know what the image is showing.

The same area from the TIFF version looks slightly different.
(gamma correction applied)

Pareidolia.

Why not launch a nuke that we are not currently using and aim it for that hole. would be fun to see what happens next. We will soon find out if we are alone or not

Originally posted by Juggernog
For the people that think that this is just a imaging error or faked or whatever, you need to recall the huge hole they found on mars.

OK I'm one of the people who suspects an imaging error is one possibility.
Thanks for posting that Mars image. When I look at the hole on Mars, it looks like a hole.

But when I look at the Mercury image, it doesn't look like a hole to me. So if this photo was supposed to convince me the Mercury image can't be an imaging error, it failed to do so. I'm not convinced it's an imaging error either...I don't know what it is, but imaging error still seems like a possibility.

Ummm I think it is common knowledge that this is just the Dr and his TARDIS. Didn't everyone know that?