Mars Anomaly...Again!

a reply to: Peeple

Then this must be the most metallic and flattened hag "stone" ever discovered!

originally posted by: caterpillage
You'd think something like that would warrant a closer look. Do the NASA guys even look at these pics??

Which begs the question "Do they already know what it is?"

Hag stones on Mars!

originally posted by: neo96

Can we rule out that this isn’t something that came off of our own equipment?

Nope.

Definitely looks man made.

As we'd have no idea what alien made would look like.

Yes, but could it be man made from humans a million years ago that were living on or exploring Mars?

That would be pretty damn cool.

a reply to: fromtheskydown

If they did, and it was a piece of something of ours, I'd think they would be excited to show off they they found it, and if it was something artificial but not ours, I'd think they wouldnt even let us have this peek at it

So, I'm only left with, they dont examine their own pics.

After googling "hag stones", this thing looks nothing like them.

Hag stones appear to be worn smooth by water. This has lots of sharp edges.

And even if it is a rock, the hole would likely be caused by running water over an extended period of time, at the very least, I'd think that would be a pretty interesting geological, or marsological? Discovery.

I found it! How do I upload a Pic to show where it is?

Here is the pic, look at where the red circle is over at the Gigapan website link the OP posted.

i67.tinypic.com...

originally posted by: ATSAlex
Here is the pic, look at where the red circle is over at the Gigapan website

i67.tinypic.com...

The full GigaPan is linked in my OP.

a reply to: fromtheskydown

Nice catch! No idea what it is, but I'm not surprised the MSL team just drove by as if there's nothing to see. Strict to protocol, so to speak. I didn't look through all the images but I don't think there are any other views available.

My best guess would be that it could be debris from the landing stage. Anyhow, here's the link to the original image from sol 2312, as I haven't seen it posted yet:

mars.jpl.nasa.gov...

originally posted by: fromtheskydown

originally posted by: ATSAlex
Here is the pic, look at where the red circle is over at the Gigapan website

i67.tinypic.com...

The full GigaPan is linked in my OP.

Just north of the rock with the bigger shadow.

originally posted by: jeep3r
a reply to: fromtheskydown

Nice catch! No idea what it is, but I'm not surprised the MSL team just drove by as if there's nothing to see. Strict to protocol, so to speak. I didn't look through all the images but I don't think there are any other views available.

My best guess would be that it could be debris from the landing stage. Anyhow, here's the link to the original image from sol 2312, as I haven't seen it posted yet:

mars.jpl.nasa.gov...

Looks like a crown, too. Could be an alien king buried below it.

a reply to: LSU2018

Or we could find a pot of gold. Problem is, we won't ever know unless we go and have a look. It's as simple as that!

originally posted by: caterpillage
You'd think something like that would warrant a closer look. Do the NASA guys even look at these pics??

They're not interested in this kind of stuff. They prefer to spends weeks on end drilling into dull, stratified chunks of the most boring rocks then can find.

Looking at the gigipan I instantly noticed some stitching artifacts going through the 'object'.
I believe the bad stitching created the circular shape when originally it should look different.
See if you can find the original photos. Pretty sure the hole will look different.
Could be wrong though, but that my first impression.

Stitching artifact going horizontal in the middle of the screen


After looking at it more closely the picture has many other stitching artifacts, horizontal as well as vertical in different spots.

originally posted by: jeep3r
a reply to: LSU2018

Or we could find a pot of gold. Problem is, we won't ever know unless we go and have a look. It's as simple as that!

A pot of gold??? You're just being silly

I was thinking something similar to the crown on the left. Jewel could be removed, the rest could be just below it in the ground. I agree that the artifact should be explored.

Very circular holes can be made in ordinary rocks just by having a small pebble or rock bounce around inside a depression in the rock. It doesn't wear away very fast, but it will wear a nice hole after a few hundred thousand years or so.

It could be natural...

but the fact it could be artificial is rather interesting.

a reply to: fromtheskydown

Thanks for posting this very interesting find, which is obviously not a natural feature based on my professional experiences including cartographic and imagery analysis work with NASA on the various Apollo Lunar Landing projects. That said, it does not take much experience with imagery to see it is not a natural feature.

I take back what I've said looks like it isn't a stitching artifact as I first thought .
Found the original image and the object looks pretty much the same

mars.jpl.nasa.gov...