Posted on 08/25/2014 4:24:46 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
An image from the Curiosity rover that some people thought showed a “thigh bone” on Mars is just a photo of a weathered rock, according to NASA. The photo shows the dirt-covered surface of Mars littered with bits of rock, one of which is elongated in a shape similar to a leg bone.
The image was first picked up on a UFO blog, Space.com reports, purporting to show evidence of past alien life on the planet. The claim got so much attention that NASA released the photo with an official explanation — saying the object did look like a thigh bone, but it most definitely is not.
“No bones about it! Seen by Mars rover Curiosity using its MastCam, this Mars rock may look like a femur thigh bone,” the site reads. “Mission science team members think its shape is likely sculpted by erosion, either wind or water.”
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since i’m sure they would without a doubt tell us the truth, that settles it.
What does Sheila Jackson Lee have to say about it?
I might have believed the thing was a natural rock formation, but when I saw that perfect red circle around it, I was convinced there’s something strange going on.
Let me guess, NASA says that we didn’t find a thigh bone on Mars, and the proper reaction from us, is to conclude that they are lying?
Not only a thigh bone but if you blur your vision, you can make out a footprint too!
I gotta admit it . . . Wait, I know! Bigfoot, yeah that’s why we don’t find any Bigfoot bones here, Mars is where he’s from. That’s gotta be it.
It was a humorous bone.
Looks like a bone to me!
Thigh bone connected to the hip bone.
Don’t see no hip bone.
I was thinking the same thing but didn’t go through with the effort. Now the opening music is playing in my mind Hal!
It could be 12 " or 120 ' as far as the picture is shown...
It looks like an eroded rock.
Looks like a stone arrowhead/spear point next to it.
Looks like a giant.....Johnson, what do you make of this?
Maybe a fulgurite.
Neal Armstrong left some thigh bones from KFC when he planted the flag there. Some day soon the rovers will find the flag Hurricane Sheila wants to see.
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