Another Bird Formation Near Parrotopia

[gregorme]

George suggested I start a thread about this. I found another bird formation (Figure 1) very close to Parrotopia, this is more significant because two bird shapes close to each other is less likely to occur by chance. Researchers sometimes fall into a statistical fallacy by finding unusual formations that are different to each other, then saying this is unusual. But it is the nature of probability for different unusual things to happen, the normal curve is made up of unusual events. So for example finding a dog shape near Parrotopia would not be significant, but finding another bird shape is. 

In another example rolling double 6s with two dice is not significant, rolling double 1s next also is not But then rolling another of double 1s would be as this has a 1/36 squared chance of four ones following like this. So the significance of this is it is another bird, it reminds me of a kiwi bird (Figure 2).

The King's Valley is highly significant because there are multiple faces with crowns there, not so much because of one king Face. Finding one fish sculpture there is also not significant because this can happen by chance like shapes in clouds. But five fish shapes is highly significant, also because no fish shapes have been found elsewhere. So a cluster is highly significant. 

The beak is also unusual because of the ridge that forms its underside. The implicit hypothesis here is that a hiRise reimaging will show more features hard to explain naturally, as well as being more bird like. With random chance an improved resolution should show less bird like features as it reverts to other possible shapes. 
 
Geological processes randomize over time, this is also called an increase in entropy. That also means repeating patterns should be broken up with erosion, so finding many different shapes around the rover is not a case for artificiality. They may be artificial but there doesn't seem to be a repetition that is usually found with a civilization.

For example parabolic dams repeat a pattern over and over, the shape is the same mathematically. Also the dam shapes are in the same locations under water ravines. I showed some brick shapes in Hellas where the same shapes in the millions form terraces that would hold water like the dams as another repetition. 

These two birds are also significant because they are nearly exactly opposite another repeating shape on the sphere as a hyperbola, there are three large hyperbolas on Mars which are related to parabolas. So Parrotopia and this bird may represent a pole like we have where longitudinal lines converge. On Mars through these are not at the rotational poles, but there were poles very close to here at one stage.

There may be another bird head under the words like parrotopia, perhaps intended to be a baby bird. It seems to have an eye socket and beak. The kiwi might have a dark tail pointing to the left, this might also be a shadow or dark soil. There are some squarish shapes on it that may be intended to be feathers. It may also be sitting on a nest, if so that is a big advance in understanding the species. Laying eggs and sitting on them implies a lot about the environment and climate. 



Figure 1

Here is a kiwi bird, there is no tail but the beak is somewhat similar. If real then it may be a more ground based bird. It implies a prediction of finding leg shapes in a similar shape to the kiwi. That would be interesting if true, a ground bird would be a distinct species and would extend the possible understanding of the ecosystem. 



Figure 2

[George J. Haas]

Thanks Greg.

This is a very interesting avian formation, which is located very near the Parrot geoglyph. Here is a Google Mars contetx image showing the location of your bird and the parrot at Parrotopia (Figure 3).



Figure 3
Location of the Long Beaked Bird and Parrotopia
A: Long Beaked Bird
B: Parrtopia


Here is a image of the formation from a MRO HiRISE CTX image (B16_015934_1306_XI_49S055W) show more detail (Figure 4)


Figure 4
Long Beaked Bird
MRO HiRISE CTX image (B16_015934_1306_XI_49S055W) - 2009


Notice the round head with circular eye, the long beak, neck and body with tail and wing feathers. There is evidence of a three linear mounds creating a three toed foot.

GJH

[George J. Haas]

Here is a colorized version of a MRO HiRISE CTX image (B16_015934_1306_XI_49S055W) of the Bird with Long Beak (Figure 5).



Figure 5
Long Beaked Bird
image source MRO HiRISE CTX image (B16_015934_1306_XI_49S055W) 2009 - colorized

Notice the round head with circular eye, the long beak, neck and body. There is evidence of a three toed foot and tail feathers and wing.

GJH

[gregorme]

The underside of the beak is a long straight ridge, this is hard to explain naturally. It connects the more natural upper beak, but in between them there is a valley or cavity that is empty. So somehow this had to form without anything forming in the cavity or ever filling it up. These are also very close together as shown. The closer they are the more of a cluster it is, in the King's Valley there is also a cluster of faces. If another bird shape turned up in this area it would be powerful evidence for artificiality. Also as I said, this is almost exactly opposite a large hyperbola. There are also hundreds of parabolic dams in this area, that shape doesn't occur naturally.