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Wood found on Mars? Not Photoshoped - off the nasa website.
Nasa.gov ^

Posted on 12/27/2004 8:38:41 PM PST by Next_Time_NJ



now im not a betting man, but i know landrovers and there space caps are not made of wood. This clearly looks like a wooden plank to me. Unless someone hacked Nasa.gov's website and put up a photoshop'ed photo, this looks kinda odd.

(Excerpt) Read more at marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov ...


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To: 11th_VA
"New tag line ..."

LOL

Your is better than the one I was going to use, so I ....won't try to compete, I'll just enjoy yours.

121 posted on 12/27/2004 10:11:02 PM PST by 506trooper (No such thing as too much ammo </s> inane or fuel on board...unless you're on fire)
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To: monkapotamus; Next_Time_NJ

Maybe it drifted from this Martian forest

Nah, it was carried in, Obviously a leftover crumb from a martian grubworm picnic.

see: http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/ab1_m04/images/M0400291.html

full size jpg, http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/ab1_m04/jpegmaps/M0400291.jpg


122 posted on 12/27/2004 10:14:35 PM PST by ancient_geezer (Don't reform it, Replace it!!)
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To: paulat; Buffalo Head

Lets see... "wood", feelings of inferiority, anger, feelings of worthlessness, lahing out at others via Freepmail.... Im not sure what it all means...is there a psychiatrist around that can help?


123 posted on 12/27/2004 10:15:03 PM PST by woofie (Proudly posting inane comments since 1998)
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To: Felis_irritable

I count 5


124 posted on 12/27/2004 10:16:00 PM PST by woofie (Proudly posting inane comments since 1998)
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To: Next_Time_NJ

Aw, come on you guys, don't you recognize part of that Beagle spacecraft sent up by the Euros? They aren't exactly on the cutting edge, if you know what I mean. That looks like part of the foremast.


125 posted on 12/27/2004 10:17:37 PM PST by KellyAdmirer
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To: woofie

Your count is correct (for now).


126 posted on 12/27/2004 10:18:31 PM PST by Felis_irritable (Posting inane comments since 2003.)
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To: Next_Time_NJ

Looks like Jules Verne made it there.


127 posted on 12/27/2004 10:19:12 PM PST by Colorado Doug
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To: Felis_irritable

I actually had a run in in 1998 or 99 with a hard core freeper(old school)who didnt think you should post funny stuff...This was in Whitewater,Monica days... Humorous comments were just getting started.


128 posted on 12/27/2004 10:24:28 PM PST by woofie (Proudly posting inane comments since 1998)
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To: Axenolith
My bad on the perspective, initially it looked to be from the pad to me.

The object is only about 1 to 1.5 feet long given the width of a rover wheel.

Here's my take now. The rover approached from the foreground and drove over a thin piece of that sedimentary rock. As the wheels went over it it rotated in the sand (or possibly even broke free of the parent mass), exposing the unweathered face similar to that shown in the upper right.

This crop is from the 1.9M image on the NASA site.


129 posted on 12/27/2004 10:29:53 PM PST by Axenolith (Merry in between Christmas and New Years!)
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To: woofie

I would think an occasional humor break would have been required in those dark days.

And this thread is about a BOARD on Mars, for crying out loud. It was begging to not be taken series.


130 posted on 12/27/2004 10:31:25 PM PST by Felis_irritable (Posting inane comments since 2003.)
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To: paulat; woofie; Cowboy Bob; 11th_VA; Felis_irritable; 506trooper; Buffalo Head
OK, bubble head - knock it off.

Your arrogant, condescending holier-than-thou crap doesn't float anyone's wood (boat) on FR.

If what we post is really out of line, Jim or a mod will tell us quick - we don't need you to police the forum with your sanctimonious attitude.

If a little light-hearted humor or sarcasm or parodies don't suit you, then stick with only the serious threads or find another forum.  You're spamming of FReepers is considered by me and others as harassment.  Cease and desist.

You posted the following in:

Woman Charged With Attempted Murder After Hitting Teens (after golf ball hits her SUV)

"Does FR need a SUV section so you can vent your daily anger at those ____________ (whatever you consider them)?"

Now, I ask you:

Does FR need a WHINING COMPLAINT section so you can vent your daily anger at those __"inane comment"(s)__ (whatever you consider them)?

Apparently, you are the one who needs to grow-up, lighten up, & get a life.

131 posted on 12/27/2004 10:40:58 PM PST by RebelTex (Freedom is Everyone's Right... ...and Everyone's Responsibility!)
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To: RebelTex

Owned. ;)


132 posted on 12/27/2004 10:45:47 PM PST by Andrew LB
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To: paulat; 11th_VA; woofie; hellinahandcart; Owl_Eagle; Poohbah; bad company; Tijeras_Slim; aculeus; ..
Somehow, I think you're behind this: (too chicken to post...had to FReepmail)

???

This appears to be directed to me, and was a reply to my post.

That's odd... I got the same spam FRmail, by someone named Buffalo Head. Considering your earlier cranky posts to me today, it looked like you had written it. It had that same finger-wagging tone. You seem to have a pattern of "correcting" the humor of others.

Just an observation.

I joke about Mars lumber...not dead people

Of course not. Did you know that there is a necro-troll on this forum, who seems to be a friend or relative of quite a few tragedy victims? The troll always has the inside story, and is offended at posters for being so callous and insensitive.

The troll (and mods) will be very busy soon enough, considering the magnitude of this catastophe. "Heads" up.

133 posted on 12/27/2004 10:52:00 PM PST by Thinkin' Gal
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To: Next_Time_NJ; Registered

This was NOT photoshopped or doctored up in any way I can find. At the moment I feel like somebody whacked me upside the head with whatever that is.

I've been examining it under high magnification, pixel by pixel, and what you see is exactly what you get. There is no "fringing" or "artifacts" you would normally find with a photoshopped image. If this is not a very elaborate terrestrial hoax, a lot of planetary astronomers are losing a lot of sleep right now.

If this image is legit, I'd have less problems dealing with a sock drawer full of live leprechauns. Previous Mars images have shown nothing better than signs of possible fluids, probably water since hydrogen is the most plentiful substance in the universe and oxygen is a total whore and will bond with anything; possible sedimentary rock formations; and some fibrous looking junk that might be primitive root hairs. About what was expected.

Now this photo and we haven't seen anything yet that would indicate sonmething like this would have Martian origin. Feast on the picture, folks. If it's real, a lot of accepted wisdom just went down in flames.


134 posted on 12/27/2004 10:53:37 PM PST by JackelopeBreeder (Speak softly and carry a gopher snake!)
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To: All

closeup

135 posted on 12/27/2004 10:59:43 PM PST by woofie (Proudly posting inane comments since 1998)
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To: Savage Beast
Looks like a wooden plank to me. But then, I thought the face on Mars looked like a face.

That looked like a face to me, too. One of them even had teeth

136 posted on 12/27/2004 11:02:14 PM PST by Peace Is Coming
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To: JackelopeBreeder
"If it's real, a lot of accepted wisdom just went down in flames."

The photo probably is real, but I like Axenolith's hypothesis in post #129 that it may be a broken piece of sedimentary rock which was overturned when the rover rolled over it, exposing a darker unweathered side.  This seems like the most probable explanation to me.  I wonder what the NASA experts are thinking and doing on this - must be an interesting time for them.

137 posted on 12/27/2004 11:05:32 PM PST by RebelTex (Freedom is Everyone's Right... ...and Everyone's Responsibility!)
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To: Andrew LB

LOL

Thanks


138 posted on 12/27/2004 11:06:57 PM PST by RebelTex (Freedom is Everyone's Right... ...and Everyone's Responsibility!)
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To: JackelopeBreeder

Yep. I spent some time going over this image in photoshop as well and i cannot find any type of doctoring at all.

If it's legit, you're right... astronomy is going to have some serious changes in the works.


139 posted on 12/27/2004 11:07:30 PM PST by Andrew LB
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To: woofie

LOL

What IS that thing?


140 posted on 12/27/2004 11:07:43 PM PST by RebelTex (Freedom is Everyone's Right... ...and Everyone's Responsibility!)
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