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Originally posted by Jibbs
I was going to post something sarcastic....But then again you could be onto something here.
Originally posted by MarsFanMag
Hi, while looking for something else on this part of rock, one of the "walls" on Victoria Crater, MARS, something caught my eyes. I did a few edits on it to show & isolate what I saw.
Is it an alien shape or just shapes that are parts of the rocks?
Does it cast (a) shadow(s)?
Is it with long "legs", or short "legs" with a cast shadow from the "feet"?
Could anyone try edits too, in lights etc, to show it differently? I'm waiting for a new edit program and the one I have is just basic. It would be much appreciated!
Here they are:
Original rock on Victoria Crater:
Another of the best examples of spectacular cross-bedding in Victoria crater are the outcrops at Cape St. Mary, which is an approximately 15 m (45 foot) high promontory located along the western rim of Victoria crater and near the beginning of the rover's traverse around the rim. Like the Cape St. Vincent images, these Pancam super-resolution images have allowed scientists to discern that the rocks at Victoria Crater once represented a large dune field that migrated across this region.
Originally posted by internos
Originally posted by MarsFanMag
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Original rock on Victoria Crater:
HI, MarsFanMag:
The "Rock" is a formation, a promontory, dubbed Cape St. Mary , and this specific shot was taken from Cape Verde:
marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov...
For example, PIA09085 covers it, but your specific crop should come most likely from PIA10211, acquired by Opportunity Panoramic Camera on sol on SOL 1213 (June 23, 2007):
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov...
this is the area in question, the angle of view is the same:
Cape St. Mary
12/26/07
Another of the best examples of spectacular cross-bedding in Victoria crater are the outcrops at Cape St. Mary, which is an approximately 15 m (45 foot) high promontory located along the western rim of Victoria crater and near the beginning of the rover's traverse around the rim. Like the Cape St. Vincent images, these Pancam super-resolution images have allowed scientists to discern that the rocks at Victoria Crater once represented a large dune field that migrated across this region.
www.jpl.nasa.gov...
I honestly don't know what exactly you mean for alien shape: if you mean that it's a shape whatsoever but since is located in Mars is alien, then i agree, of course is NOT terrestrial: if you mean something else, then i honestly have no clue what exactly you are trying to say To me, it looks like an eroded martian promontory, and if i'd put some efforts then i'd able to spot many other shapes, as it happens with the clouds
Thanks for sharing
Edit to add Victoria crater's traverse map
[edit on 1/9/2008 by internos]