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NASA Spots Mysterious 'Spider' on Mercury
NASA Spots Mysterious 'Spider' on Mercury ^
| 30 January 2008, 3:54 pm ET
| Clara Moskowitz
Posted on 01/31/2008 3:31:16 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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To: rfp1234
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posted on
01/31/2008 4:36:10 PM PST
by
Extremely Extreme Extremist
(The Constitution does not give me the authority to run your life - Ron Paul)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Galactus hocked a loogie?
22
posted on
01/31/2008 4:38:34 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
To: shaft29
Whoa! Look in the right top corner and you can see a Walmart. I don't think so - that's got to be either the Mercury Insurance solar system headquarters or the now-closed Dennis Kookcinich campaign offices.
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posted on
01/31/2008 5:18:40 PM PST
by
Bob
To: Fred Nerks
One of your circles, lol?
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posted on
01/31/2008 5:45:37 PM PST
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity; TrueKnightGalahad
Reminds me...
of those lines
On the Plains... of Nazca in Peru
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posted on
01/31/2008 5:55:52 PM PST
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
It looks like two things to me. One is what a dragon fly looks like after it hits the windshield at about 60mph. Or it looks like a giant sperm. I’m not explaining it, I’m just saying what it looks like.
To: Bender2
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posted on
01/31/2008 7:11:49 PM PST
by
rfp1234
(Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
To: Jabba the Nutt
Or it looks like a giant sperm.
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posted on
01/31/2008 7:13:32 PM PST
by
rfp1234
(Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
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posted on
01/31/2008 7:16:48 PM PST
by
going hot
(Happiness is a momma deuce)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Very interesting. Thanks for posting. Whatever that was, it went SPLAT !
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posted on
01/31/2008 7:17:37 PM PST
by
zot
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
A giant fungus.
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posted on
01/31/2008 7:17:48 PM PST
by
rfp1234
(Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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posted on
01/31/2008 7:27:12 PM PST
by
icwhatudo
(Romney/ Thompson ‘08 — its the closest we’ll get to a true conservative in the White House)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
...appears to be an impact crater surrounded by more than 50 cracks in the surface radiating from its center. The crater does not look like it is part of the cause of the lines, however. It looks like a later accidental addition. This looks like ancient lava tubes from a worn away lava dome, or some such volcanic activity coming up from the crust, not from an impact. The dark spot is probably an ancient volcano.
Another theory, which would be really interesting and far out there, is that the lines were caused by an electrical discharge between Mercury and another body.
To: Bob
Nah. If it was Kookcinich’s campaign offices, you would see a bunch of tongue rings.
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posted on
01/31/2008 7:36:38 PM PST
by
shaft29
To: blam
One of your circles, lol? you funny...here's a rectangle for you. On Mars.
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posted on
02/01/2008 1:07:07 PM PST
by
Fred Nerks
(FAIR DINKUM!)
To: Fred Nerks
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posted on
02/01/2008 1:24:58 PM PST
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam
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posted on
02/01/2008 1:28:58 PM PST
by
evets
(beer)
To: blam
Loved the music! Meanwhile back on Mercury...
Diagram showing the interior structure of Mercury. The metallic core extends from the center to a large fraction of the planetary radius. Radar observations show that the core is at least partially molten. Image: Nicolle Ragger Fuller, National Science Foundation
Seriesly, (IMO) Mercury was hit by a huge electric (plasma) discharge from the Sun, it's core melted...and now that the little planet is cooling, it's shrinking.
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posted on
02/01/2008 2:59:51 PM PST
by
Fred Nerks
(FAIR DINKUM!)
To: blam
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posted on
02/01/2008 3:12:49 PM PST
by
Fred Nerks
(FAIR DINKUM!)
To: Fred Nerks
I’ve never paid any attention to Mercury.
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posted on
02/01/2008 6:38:20 PM PST
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
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