Awesome, Breath-Taking Images of Mars Via European Space Agency's Mars Express

European Space Commission ^ | October 22, 2013 | Staff

[Gator113]

As I look at those pics I am wonder-struck.

[Jack Hydrazine]

There’s definitely a pipe sticking out. Maybe it was from a Martian toilet or something.

The original NASA photo can be found here. It’s over on the center right of the image.
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/00064/mcam/0064MR0285005000E1_DXXX.jpg

Other part of the image with the object on the left center.
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/00064/mcam/0064MR0285006000E1_DXXX.jpg

[The Cajun]

First thing that popped into my mind was gun turret, LOL.

I imagine there was no way NASA rolled the rover over there to have a close look.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Of course not. They’ll never turn around and check it out. It would prove somebody was there and they can’t have any of that.

There are plenty of “anomalous” images on Mars you can find online.

[Jack Hydrazine]

If each of those images was individually taken with left and right mast cams you could produce a stereoscopic image that could be viewed with stereoscopic viewer.



DIY Hacks & How To’s: Make Your Own Stereoscopic Viewer

[Mr. Jeeves]

I've noted your user name and have placed you as #1 on The European Space Agency pings list.

Thanks! It's a good thread, and the pictures are awesome.

[The Cajun]

Tell you what, looked at that pic every way I could using Adobe.
Changed it to black and white, made a negative out of it, played with color balance, that's a pipe of some type and purpose.
With the negative view, you can see the *barrel* run into the main portion.
Who knows?

[Jack Hydrazine]

Did you look at the originals at the links I posted?

[Jack Hydrazine]

“...you can see the *barrel* run into the main portion.”

Maybe the former Martians were conservatives that enjoyed their 2nd Amendment?

[The Cajun]

Did you look at the originals at the links I posted?

Yup, will see if I can get better detail out of them with enlargement, etc.

Would imagine thousands of people have played with those images trying to improve them.

[Jack Hydrazine]

I’m sure they have.

[BenLurkin]

You just described the SoCal high desert.

[The Cajun]

From the link you posted:

On *A* you can see where the edge dug into the soil on that side and on *B* you can see where a squarish projection is supporting it on a rock giving it the angle off of flat.

Only thing I did was convert it to B/W, enlarge, brighten and play with contrast.

One heck of a natural rock there.
Not even going to mention the hatch cover and gun barrel :)

[Windflier]

Amazing find, and pretty hard to explain away as a natural rock formation.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

I think I just found my 1957 Chevy 210.

Okay. The craters. What caused them? Meteors? Volcanic eruptions/calderas? Gas bubbles bursting at the surface?
Any combination thereof?

Some of the best photos I’ve seen of Mars since the movie “Angry Red Planet”. sarc/

[The Cajun]

I like weird stuff like this that explanations are hard to come by.

Anomalies are what makes science interesting to me.

[Windflier]

I like weird stuff like this that explanations are hard to come by. Anomalies are what makes science interesting to me.

Check out this NASA photo of the backside of the moon:

Apollo Image Atlas
AS15-P-9625

What's that resting inside that depression?

[The Cajun]

Worry not, NASA will never try to get a better picture :)

[catbertz]

Fantastic pictures and post. Thank you very much for taking the time to show us.

[lbryce]

Your kind words make it all worthwhile.