I Shot An Arrow (Twilight Zone)
Posted on 03/09/2021 3:05:22 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: Is that a fossil? Looking through recent images of Mars taken by the new Perseverance rover may seem a bit like treasure hunting, with the possibility of fame coming to the first person to correctly identify a petrified bone, a rock imprinted by an ancient plant, or any clear indication that life once existed on Mars. Unfortunately, even though it is possible that something as spectacular as a skeleton could be identified, most exobiologists think it much more likely that biochemical remnants of ancient single-celled microbes could be found with Perseverance's chemical analyzers. A key reason is that multicellular organisms may take a greater amount of oxygen to evolve than has ever been present on Mars. That said, nobody's sure, so please feel free to digitally magnify any Perseverance image that interests you -- including the featured 360-degree zoomable image of the rocks and ridges surrounding Perseverance's landing location in Jezero Crater. And even though NASA-affiliated scientists are themselves studying Perseverance's images, if you see anything really unusual, please post it to popular social media. If your sighting turns out to be particularly intriguing, scientifically, it is likely that NASA will hear about it.
Isn’t this pano the same as this one from 02/03/2021?
https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25674/perseverances-mastcam-z-first-high-resolution-panorama/
I think they are over promoting their photography.
I wonder what would cause a big rock, just sitting there untouched, what would cause it to just Crack in half?? there are several on the right side of the image...
one thing i CANT determine...**
I Shot An Arrow (Twilight Zone)
Temperature changes probably cracked the rock, but certainly nothing ‘decided’ to crack it as might happen here on earth.
Of course, a liberal might believe it’s just a rock bending over away from him.
IBUJ
Don’t give the libs any new ideas. They want everything else to bend over before them.
LOL ... That’s so true!
That is really cool... Where’s the monolith?
Would make a great artillery training range.
“I bet that’s what vegas looked like before mo green built casinos.”
I know that you are making a joke a la The Godfather II but just for the record, Bugsy Siegel started the Las Vegas strip. ;-)
Somebody should have kept an eye out for Mo.
Two of them, they repeat. Always upper left of each image. I think its dust on the lens. They always float above and slightly to the right of a cartoon footprint (chubby exclamation point?) near the foot of the hill, probably a dust nugget too.
Looks it Landed in a dry wash. Good place for exploring, but they need to get it moved out before the next rain! :)
My Dad, a pilot, spotted contrails in the "Martian" sky, and made the first "spoiler-alert" of my young life!
We are alone...
LOL. That's like spotting tire tracks on a road the stage coach is running on.
What got me was this scene - I though the guy was drawing the French Cross of Lorraine - and the ending caught me by surprise. 
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