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Post by starjim on Mar 5, 2021 9:28:39 GMT -5
Looking at the newest images from the lander Perseverance. The image to start this off is a petrified sandworm of Dune fame. There are many of these evident on all the lander sites. Usually they have an open mouthed appearance. I just find them interesting in the way the rocks split in the same spot facing up to the sky.
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Post by starjim on Mar 5, 2021 9:33:08 GMT -5
Second observation of the Perseverance images. There are two objects of interest marked A and B. A is a fluted boulder. Very unusual in that the flute faces forward to the camera and the surfaces on either side of the flute appear to be rounded and polished. B has a box etched into the surface facing upward. Attachments:
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Post by starjim on Mar 5, 2021 9:34:04 GMT -5
Next observation is a sitting pillow turned on its edge. The insert shows what a sitting pillow looks like next to the object. Attachments:
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Post by starjim on Mar 5, 2021 11:44:50 GMT -5
This doesn't need any enhancement. I placed a black arrow pointing at a rock that is a small pyramid that is tilted up in the air seemingly sitting on one corner. Now I understand we can't see all sides of it, but we do get a sense of its total shape from the top, which we can see. Attachments:
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Post by starjim on Mar 6, 2021 9:22:38 GMT -5
Moving through the image database the next image is below. A is a square hole in a round peg... Actually its a round slab of rock. B is a loop that rises out of the ground. There are numerous ones of these throughout. IT can be a result of sand piling up on the face of a boulder, I suppose, but the loop is really pronounced. C is a square box shape inside of a rounded rock. It reminded me of one of those displays people have in their homes or on their lawns with the Virgin Mary or Buddha or the many Indian Gods. D is for the sake of Pareidolia, there is the possibility of a small carved face looking to the right on the topside of the rock.
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Post by George J. Haas on Mar 6, 2021 11:16:42 GMT -5
Here is a Perseverance image from March 2, 2021 (SOL 11) of a conical-shaped mound in the distance (Figure 1). Figure 1 Conical Mound. Perseverance. March 2, 2021 (SOL 11) Notice its surface is very smooth and uniform. Here is a comparison of an earthen mound from the Cahokia site in south-western Illinois with the Perseverance mound (Figure 2) Figure 2 Conical mound comparison GJH
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Post by starjim on Mar 7, 2021 10:30:45 GMT -5
Mars Perseverance Sol 16: Left Navigation Camera (Navcam) NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its onboard Left Navigation Camera (Navcam). The camera is located high on the rover's mast and aids in driving. This image was acquired on Mar. 7, 2021 (Sol 16) at the local mean solar time of 16:04:30. Looking at this I see the Giza Plateau. The pyramid on the right is cut off at the top, reminiscent of Giza. One of these has already been noted but this is the first observation of all three together. Attachments:
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Post by starjim on Mar 7, 2021 10:55:16 GMT -5
Next observation is a sitting pillow turned on its edge. The insert shows what a sitting pillow looks like next to the object. NASA showed this image as an example of wind erosion. Note how the rock is scooped out leaving the arms, one up in the air and one down in the sand. Now look at the rock below being pointed at with the black arrow, top left of the image. IT is also scooped out. However, it is lying flat and the scoop in top to bottom, making it impossible for the wind to have caused this feature. Attachments:
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Post by George J. Haas on Mar 8, 2021 8:07:35 GMT -5
Here is a crop from the March 3, 2021 Gigapan of the Perseverance site (Sol 4) processed by Keith Laney (Figure 1). Notice the pile of deteriorating machinery siting among a group of smooth, gray river rocks (Figure 1). I call this odd formation Machine Head. Figure 1 Machine Head (boxed) Detail of Gigapan Perseverance Sol 4 (2021) Here is a closeup of the Machine Head (Figure 2) Figure 2 Machine Head Detail of Gigapan Perseverance Sol 4 (2021) GJH
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Post by starjim on Mar 8, 2021 9:04:47 GMT -5
Regarding the machine head, there are dozens of these all over the landscape. The rounded fan and spoke pattern is constant. There are numerous other impressions of things that look like cables seared into the very fabric of the rock. I'll pop one of those in here later.
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Post by starjim on Mar 8, 2021 14:59:10 GMT -5
Keith Laney put up a Gigapan. I went looking for some of the objects I already found to see if he added any clarity with his magic. Here is his version of my second post above of object A Attachments:
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Post by starjim on Mar 8, 2021 15:13:01 GMT -5
To the left (half way across to the left) there is this curious rock I call the School Ring. It looks like it has a rounded top and faceted sides with carvings. Almost can see a little horse on the right side. Attachments:
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Post by starjim on Mar 8, 2021 15:30:37 GMT -5
There are scooped out rocks all over this site. NASA has already shown one (the pillow above) claiming the wind eroded it. They have an argument with that one as it is standing on edge and the wind could have scooped out the space. However most of what I have seen are like this image where the scooped area is vertical not horizontal. Wind doesn't blow up through the ground and it stops when blowing down into it. A is a block with a curved face. B is another curved face but look at C which is really curious. It is an angled part. Add to that the squared corner that separates the curve from the angle. Curiouser and curiouser Attachments:
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Post by starjim on Mar 8, 2021 15:32:22 GMT -5
A carving of a man? Attachments:
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Post by starjim on Mar 9, 2021 11:27:22 GMT -5
along with the scooped out or dished out rocks all over this place, I also noted many square blocks which I'll put up later, and many rocks that are split so perfectly that the surfaces are completely flat. Many of these rocks are also missing the second piece. Some are lying together and you can see both sides, but many more are alone. Very strange. I point to three flat faced rocks in this single image A,B,C. I also point to D which is a pyramid shaped rock. There are also a lot of these all over. Since they were around on the viking site and the pathfinder site, I'm inclined to think they are the tops of posts or columns like finials.
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