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Windows onto the abyss: cave skylights on Mars
Planetary Society ^ | 5-23-07 | Emily Lakdawalla

Posted on 05/27/2007 1:21:33 PM PDT by Renfield

Today's set of image releases from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE team included this one, of a fairly bland-looking lava plain to the northeast of Arsia Mons. Bland, that is, except for a black spot in the center. What's that black spot? It's a window onto an underground world.....

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; caves; mars; martianskylights
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RightWhale up there mentioned Hoagland, and Cicero brought up the debunking of the Face, so for amusement purposes I checked out the Enterprise Mission site. Nothing yet on these craters. Hoagland did however have a link to the hi-res image of the so-called Face on Mars, which is a bit daring, considering it continues the total blowing to Hell the delusional system he's been peddling for years.
61 posted on 05/27/2007 8:03:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated May 26, 2007.)
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To: SunkenCiv

reminds me:

http://oi.uchicago.edu/gallery/pa_iran_paai_asf/index.php/11E2_72dpi.png?action=big&size=original


62 posted on 05/27/2007 8:17:33 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (Fair Dinkum!)
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To: cabojoe

So that's where all the Iraqi oil went. Does Rosie know this yet?

63 posted on 05/27/2007 8:24:10 PM PDT by Covenantor
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To: Fred Nerks

Thanks! (caption — IRAN: Near Takht-i-Sulaiman, View of the Hollow Conoid Rock Shown in AE 680, From an Altitude of 1,700 M on July 27, 1937.)


64 posted on 05/27/2007 9:06:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated May 26, 2007.)
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To: cabojoe
Don't look too close!
65 posted on 05/27/2007 10:01:24 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (When someone burns a cross on your lawn the best firehose is an AK-47.)
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To: KevinDavis

Could they get a picture of the hole near sunrise or sun set, or is the MRO sun synchronous? If not, they might be able to get some detail on the sides of the shaft.


66 posted on 05/29/2007 6:12:09 AM PDT by jmcenanly
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To: jmcenanly

There are images from other spacecraft. These look a lot like somebody blacked out something on the image. Highly suspicious.


67 posted on 05/29/2007 7:57:52 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Treaty)
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To: Renfield

Fascinating. This will be extremely challenging for any robotic exploration.


68 posted on 05/29/2007 9:57:04 AM PDT by Paul Ross (Ronald Reagan-1987:"We are always willing to be trade partners but never trade patsies.")
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To: fish hawk
For one thing if it was a cave, If the sun was shining directly into it one would see the sides for a ways down. If the sun was to the right or left of it, one would see one side or the other for a distance inside.

Not if there is significant overhang. You're thinking its more like a shaft than a hole in a large underground volume. Think about a small hole in a large hollow sphere or box. Light can get in, but if it's deep and large enough, not much will get out.

69 posted on 05/29/2007 10:08:00 AM PDT by chimera
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To: anymouse

You know that sequence with John Lithgow is one of my favs.. The effects are really imaginative and hold up so well.


70 posted on 05/29/2007 10:09:22 AM PDT by Tolsti
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

It isn’t? And they don’t?


71 posted on 05/29/2007 10:15:52 AM PDT by Safetgiver (Stinko De mayo, Stinko to the Commies.)
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To: Keflavik76
This is a picture of Pingualuit, formerly known as Chubb Crater, in Quebec. A very deep, pure lake fills the crater, limiting the outscatter of light. Not exactly the same as the Martian image, but it looks quite dark. Could be a water-filled landmark, very deep, with some kind of heating keeping it liquid (although the lack of atmosphere would result in considerable evaporative losses. Better send some folks up to check it out.


72 posted on 05/29/2007 10:18:27 AM PDT by chimera
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‘Cave entrances’ spotted on Mars
BBC News
Posted on 03/17/2007 1:05:05 AM PDT by BlackJack
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1802271/posts

Deep Hole Found on Mars
Space.com on Yahoo | 6/6/07 | Leonard Davis
Posted on 06/06/2007 12:13:11 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1845949/posts


73 posted on 08/04/2009 10:19:45 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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