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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....
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Conspiracy; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: mars; nasa
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To: yankeedame
Looks like a hunk o’ rock to me.
But, what do I know? :)
Hoss
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posted on
12/04/2008 12:46:20 PM PST
by
HossB86
To: yankeedame
looks like the beach at Coney Island NY
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posted on
12/04/2008 12:46:27 PM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: yankeedame
It looks like a railroad tie, or maybe a plank from Noah’s ark.
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posted on
12/04/2008 12:47:01 PM PST
by
ZX12R
To: yankeedame
My young son was missing one of the Lincoln Logs from his set when we got back from our last vacation there. So, well, there you go....
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posted on
12/04/2008 12:47:17 PM PST
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: yankeedame
As they say on Barsoom, SAK!
To: yankeedame
Fake, just like the moon landing.
(lol)
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posted on
12/04/2008 12:48:30 PM PST
by
SIDENET
(Hubba Hubba...)
To: yankeedame
Obviously a plank off Noah’s Ark. ;)
8
posted on
12/04/2008 12:48:54 PM PST
by
JimSEA
To: yankeedame
9
posted on
12/04/2008 12:51:36 PM PST
by
Dan Lacey
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
BARSOOM????
methinks Edgar Rice Burroughs spent to much time in a
BAR-ROOM.
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posted on
12/04/2008 12:52:15 PM PST
by
Vaquero
( "an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: yankeedame
It’s the Mars Railroad!.....
To: Dan Lacey
Dinosaur poop ah, your a coprolite specialist eh?
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posted on
12/04/2008 12:53:42 PM PST
by
Vaquero
( "an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: yankeedame
"GILLLIGAN!!!!!"
13
posted on
12/04/2008 12:53:45 PM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
To: yankeedame
Looks like the after effects of “Cracklin’ Oat bran” the next day!
To: yankeedame
The find has excited conspiracy theorists...who claim it is evidence there are vast forests on Mars that have been kept from the public. This is the first I heard of these "conspiracy theorists" and forests on Mars. Does anyone know any more about this?
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posted on
12/04/2008 12:53:59 PM PST
by
econjack
(Some people are as dumb as soup.)
To: yankeedame
Oops-guess I missed this sign the first time on the planet:
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posted on
12/04/2008 12:54:16 PM PST
by
IrishPennant
(He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.)
To: yankeedame
Why is it in the realm of conspiracy theory?
To: yankeedame
Forget about the wooden plank. Who laid the brick patio?
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posted on
12/04/2008 12:54:36 PM PST
by
pgkdan
To: WayneS
That’s from the Islamic Mars Mission of 1400AD. Wooden ships. For wooden minds.
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posted on
12/04/2008 12:54:41 PM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
To: yankeedame
I can't believe the nutters dug this back up. This image was shot just days after the rover landed; you can see the heat shield in the background of one of the images. It's just the exposed edge of an upturned slab of rock. You can see the true shape of the "pseudo-log" in this cross-eye stereogram I made from images taken by each of the rover's stereo cameras.
Cross your eyes until the images overlap. There should be three 'images' and the middle one will be in 3D. If it's difficult try stepping back from your monitor a bit. Behold, a slab of rock. Took me about a minute to figure it out when I first heard the claim, too bad conspiracy theorists can't be bothered to validate their own claims in the slightest.
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