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Conspiracy theorists can't see the wood for the trees as they spot 'timber plank' on Mars
DailyMail.uk ^
| 02nd December 2008
| Daily Mail Reporter
Posted on 12/04/2008 12:44:50 PM PST by yankeedame
Conspiracy theorists can't see the wood for the trees as they spot 'timber plank' on Mars
An image sent back from the Red Planet has revealed an object bearing an uncanny resemblance to a wooden log. It was captured by the Mars Rover near the Endurance Crater.
The find has excited conspiracy theorists...who claim it is evidence there are vast forests on Mars that have been kept from the public.
Enlarge A picture of what looks like timber (close-up below)
has excited conspiracy theorists who
claim it is proof there are vast forests
on Mars
It is more likely to be a case of pareidolia - where a random stimulus is perceived as having significance, be it a symbol seen in a cloud or a face on a piece of toast.
...one website insists it is a leaked image that 'could get someone killed.' A writer from TheCrit.com said NASA's claims Mars was a desert world were 'lies' and that 'there are vast forests on Mars, ones that are kept from the public.'
They go on to speculate the 'wood' was brought to its present position by a flood of water that must have happened within 40 years 'because the wood is intact.'
Tyre marks indicate the Mars Rover drove over
the 'plank' in this image
However, the 'plank' has the same shading and a similar linear pattern to the surrounding rock....
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Conspiracy; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: mars; nasa
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To: Dan Lacey
"It's just a harmless Baby Ruth..."
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posted on
12/04/2008 12:56:05 PM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
To: econjack
A great site for this kind of speculation is Enterprisemission.com Books by the founder, NASA data, a fossil on Mars, lots of good stuff on this site.
On this particular conspiracy, I can’t see the forest for the trees.
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posted on
12/04/2008 12:56:18 PM PST
by
BlueStateBlues
(Blue State for business, Red State at heart..)
To: HossB86
Looks like a hunk o’ rock to me.
If that's the case, how do you explain those dark pickup truck tire marks leading up from the rock off to the sawmill just over the Horizon?
Looks like whoever dumped it backed in, doglegged to the right and kicked it off the tailgate. :o)
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posted on
12/04/2008 12:56:42 PM PST
by
InABunkerUnderSF
(Illegal Immigration is not about the immigration. Gun control is not about the guns.)
To: yankeedame
Okay. I glance at the photo and what do I see? Yep, looks like a plank of wood to me. Now do I go off and start screaming about a conspiracy to cover up the existence of forests on Mars? Hell No! I start screaming about the conspiracy to cover up the fact that the Martians are accomplished craftsmen. After all the “plank” has been squared up and neatly trimmed to length with what appears to be at least a passing level of woodworking skill. But then that's just me.
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posted on
12/04/2008 12:57:38 PM PST
by
Blackhawk
(God said it, I believe it, That settles it.)
To: yankeedame
...one website insists it is a leaked image that 'could get someone killed.' A writer from TheCrit.com said NASA's claims Mars was a desert world were 'lies' and that 'there are vast forests on Mars, ones that are kept from the public.' If the were vast forests on Mars, moonbats would bit sitting in them and Sierra Club would be making money off of them.
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posted on
12/04/2008 12:57:41 PM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
To: InABunkerUnderSF
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posted on
12/04/2008 12:58:15 PM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
To: yankeedame
It's a Baby Ruth.
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posted on
12/04/2008 12:58:58 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(11/4: The revolutionary socialists beat the Fabian ones. Where can we find a capitalist party?)
To: yankeedame
That picture was taken outside of Flagstaff, Arizona. I can see a retirement village off in the corner.
To: yankeedame
Mars Needs Women, and cheap construction labor.
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posted on
12/04/2008 1:02:55 PM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
To: yankeedame
It is just left over from a beach party.
30
posted on
12/04/2008 1:04:25 PM PST
by
bmwcyle
(McCain had no honor when he failed to defend Sarah Palin, Leno was not enough)
To: messierhunter
You nailed it! Hey, where can I find other stereograms of Mars? The “cross-eyed” ones are my favorites.
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posted on
12/04/2008 1:06:47 PM PST
by
RobRoy
(Islam is a greater threat to the world today than Nazism was in the 1930's.)
To: InABunkerUnderSF
And notice they cleverly blacked out where the driver threw his beer can!
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posted on
12/04/2008 1:07:33 PM PST
by
RobRoy
(Islam is a greater threat to the world today than Nazism was in the 1930's.)
To: weegee
My but that is a strategically placed rocket...
Just sayin’...
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posted on
12/04/2008 1:08:50 PM PST
by
RobRoy
(Islam is a greater threat to the world today than Nazism was in the 1930's.)
To: yankeedame
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posted on
12/04/2008 1:12:31 PM PST
by
mnehring
To: mnehrling
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posted on
12/04/2008 1:14:45 PM PST
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: yankeedame
The astronauts lost part of their wagon while
planting the American Flag.
Sheila Jackson-Lee
To: econjack
Pic of objects in the polar region:
Note the height. Also note that they appear to be casting uniform directional shadows.
Another shot. Different type of "tree".
Naysayers try to explain them away, problem is they look EXACTLY like the trees around my house do from space (Douglas Firs)
A forest
This shot has the exact frame reference number on it, you can go to the NASA website and expore the region and surrounding regions.
People can call me a kook all they want and droll on with their lame tin foil comments but the evidence is quite extraordinary.
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posted on
12/04/2008 1:18:27 PM PST
by
djf
(...heard about a couple livin in the USA, he said they traded in their baby for a Chevrolet...)
To: RobRoy
You need the blue-red glasses, and check spaceweather.com now and then. google glasses 3D.
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posted on
12/04/2008 1:21:25 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(We were so young two years ago and the DJIA was 12,000)
To: yankeedame
It should be possible to go right up to this feature and scuff it up to see if it is not a piece of rock.
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posted on
12/04/2008 1:27:11 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(We were so young two years ago and the DJIA was 12,000)
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