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Originally posted by ArMaP
reply to post by LazyGuy
I think the object you marked is too small to leave those prints, they look made by a wider object.
Yes, I noticed the shadow, and if you compare it other object's shadows you can see that the Sun was just 28.85º above the horizon, making shadows 1.8 times bigger than the object (unless my calculations are flawed ).
Originally posted by LazyGuy
The object is on it's side relative to how it was rolling.
Notice the shadow?
How can you know that? If we start speculating about the size of the objects I can say that the object you marked in yellow was really 50 metres long but with with 34 metres underground.
The object I highlighted is a lot bigger than you might think.
Originally posted by ArMaP
reply to post by 1967sander
I think I will never understand why people think that they can make a photo look better than the original just because they applied some filters that mess up the original...
Originally posted by ArMaP
Yes, I noticed the shadow, and if you compare it other object's shadows you can see that the Sun was just 28.85º above the horizon, making shadows 1.8 times bigger than the object (unless my calculations are flawed ).
Originally posted by LazyGuy
The object is on it's side relative to how it was rolling.
Notice the shadow?
How can you know that? If we start speculating about the size of the objects I can say that the object you marked in yellow was really 50 metres long but with with 34 metres underground.
The object I highlighted is a lot bigger than you might think.
That's true, but I don't see anything that makes me think that we are looking at a very sloped area, so, although an educated guess, it's better than trying to come up with a value based on what we think.
Originally posted by LazyGuy
Without knowing the topography calculations can't be much more than an educated guess. If the shadow is falling on an up or a down slope it would invalidate the accuracy of your mathematics.
The camera wasn't perpendicular to the surface, it was making an 88.8 degrees angle with surface, so, although not really vertical, I think it was close enough not to make a big difference.
I would also venture the idea that the angle of the object relative to the camera would also have to be taken into account. The camera most likely wasn't perpendicular to the surface. In fact, it appears to be significantly off. The ground track where the camera would be vertical appears to be quite some distance to the right of the object.
It could have been any of those objects lying there. One of the problems is that we cannot know where an object starts and the other ends, the objects are too small in the photo for us to get a good idea of what they are, that's why we have so many possibilities presented in this thread.
I'd also like to call upon Occam's Razor for support. If it wasn't the object I highlighted then what could it be?
Strolling alien lifeforms with a really really odd way of getting from one place to another?
Originally posted by ArMaP
reply to post by ocker
You may be right in all you say, but I don't understand a thing of it.
Could you please rephrase it? Thanks in advance.
Originally posted by ocker
It is quite unique if and defiantly irregular for a rock or rocks to slide or roll this way.
Originally posted by sonnny1
Originally posted by ocker
It is quite unique if and defiantly irregular for a rock or rocks to slide or roll this way.
I know this is on Earth,but I find this natural phenomena almost the same as the one on the moon...........
Racetrack Playa
So many questions..........
Everything's OK, thanks.
Originally posted by ocker
Hahaha HI ArMaP hope you are well. sorry if I rambled .
I don't think we have enough information to make a decision if it's natural or not.
I looked at all the possibilities before making a my decision. What EX1 has found is not a natural occurrence .
An irregular rock would make an irregular pattern on the ground, only a perfect cylinder would leave a large, clean track and only a perfect sphere would leave a perfect track.
It is quite unique if and defiantly irregular for a rock or rocks to slide or roll this way.
A irregularly spheric rock would leave, for example, a wobbly track, while a cylinder with a bump on one of its extremeties would leave a clear track that would disappear for a moment on one side (while the bump was lifting the rest of the rock), a mark of the bump, and then the clear, wide track would appear again.