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Ceres Mystery Gets MORE Mysterious
unknowncountry.com ^ | Friday, September 4, 2015

Posted on 09/04/2015 4:19:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Christopher Russell, Professor of Geophysics and Space Physics at UCLA cannot discuss the new high resolution images from Ceres because they have been embargoed by the science journal Nature.

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Russell was able to discuss the issue of Ceres' strange bright spots, appearing prominently in both the large crater known as 'Occator', of which is 60 miles (90 km) across and 2 miles (4 km) deep, and on the slopes of an extremely strange, pyramid-shaped mountain that is 4 miles (6 km) tall. These spots, as described by professor Russell, appear to be a powdery substance that is deposited on the surface of the crater. The substance has an albedo, which is the fraction of the light being reflected from it, of about 50%. This is extremely bright, in contrast to Ceres' extremely dark surface albedo of only approximately 4-8%.

Infrared spectroscopy readings of the substance have been taken, but due to an apparent malfunction, he is unable to positively identify what the powder is made of.

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Whether or not a journal has the right to embargo images taken by a publicly funded NASA project is an open question. Denying the public its right to view these images is a direct violation of the NASA Charter...

(Excerpt) Read more at unknowncountry.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; ceres; embargo; nasa; science
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To: BenLurkin

What possible reason would there be to censor or classify those photos?

I can think of only one


21 posted on 09/04/2015 7:00:55 PM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: PAR35

‘The machine must be broken’ beats having to admit what they’ve found, apparently.

Well, if it was gold or diamonds the market would tank.
Can’t have that.


22 posted on 09/04/2015 7:03:36 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: BenLurkin
Bioluminesence from undiscovered low level life form. Or, light from the domed colony living in the crater; or, a desperate signal for help from the survivors of the crash of a interstellar space ship.

(Ice on the surface reflecting light is such pedestrian explanation.)

23 posted on 09/04/2015 7:19:42 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: tet68
Well, if it was gold or diamonds the market would tank. Can’t have that.

Why??? will we be going there anytime soon to recover the gold and by the way, why is a pretty, malleable metal the basis of the world economy????never did make sense.

24 posted on 09/04/2015 7:23:13 PM PDT by terycarl (COMMON SENSE PREVAILS OVER ALL)
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To: BenLurkin

25 posted on 09/04/2015 8:48:10 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< | :)~)
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To: BenLurkin

We are not the first civilian that lived on this planet. There have been others and clues about them are in many ancient texts. Not aliens. Humans from earth who colonized the solar system and left us primitives behind. Some are still around here and there. Most eventually met their demise in the cold vaccuum of space. Only a few remain today. The age of noah approaches again...


26 posted on 09/04/2015 8:49:02 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: GraceG

Looking at the pictures of the pyramid, it looks like there are several other white spots there.


27 posted on 09/04/2015 9:22:57 PM PDT by namvolunteer (Obama says the US is subservient to the UN and the Constitution does not apply. That is treason.)
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To: tet68

With the embargo on some of the pictures (until the Photoshop team can work on them?) the are obviously hiding something at this point.


28 posted on 09/05/2015 6:18:03 AM PDT by PAR35
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