Curiosity: Potential Anomalies (Update 01/2014)

a reply to: Blue Shift

maybe it was nasa's intent in taking the two pictures , to investigate these trails, I wonder if they have an answer, or maybe they haven't noticed either way the silence is deafening . feel free to put up a thread about it if you want Blueshift , as far as im concerned it was you who spotted the movements and of course any of the images ive done are free to use if you need

funbox

a reply to: Blue Shift

If your analysis is correct, and nobody else has it, yes, a historic find. With very feasible chance of it being what you and funbox say it is. I've followed this 'discovery' and the posts with interest without commenting (except in u2u2f), but yes, even though it has been covered here very well, maybe a wider thread if you haven't put it up yet (then the next thing we know it will be on youtube with weird music and strange claims of oil-monster or something by one of those no-credit people who play there). Nice work, and very interesting ramifications for the length of time that water can stay in the liquid state on the surface of a metal on Mars.

originally posted by: funbox
feel free to put up a thread about it if you want Blueshift , as far as im concerned it was you who spotted the movements

and of course any of the images ive done are free to use if you need

No thanks. I don't like to start new topics. You can if you want to. You have all the images.

P.S. -- Be sure to make the headline nice and provocative!

a reply to: Blue Shift

I guess as long as it's here, and everyone interested in Mars Rover discoveries on ATS should be aware of and follow this thread (and if not then they aren't aware of Mars Rover discoveries on ATS, just of one particular and retired individual), the topic has and will be discussed. If it is water, water that is collecting dust as it rolls, what does that do to the generally accepted view that water cannot last longer than a few seconds (or is it minutes?) on Mars? Just another topic presented in this thread which should catch the eye of professionals in their fields. Again, nice find.

a reply to: Blue Shift

ok , its up

persistant water on mars

not to provocative , I wouldn't want to get lynched by a rampaging group of religious zealots

funbox

originally posted by: funbox
not to provocative , I wouldn't want to get lynched by a rampaging group of religious zealots

Oh, you'll get lynched by plenty of other people. I already read where somebody's saying it's a hoax. So there you go.

a reply to: Blue Shift

certainly not a hoax perpetrated by me , knock on NASA's door religious zealots included

funbox

lol i believe u guys missed my last post with the best picture yet! AHAHHAAH

originally posted by: egidio88
lol i believe u guys missed my last post with the best picture yet! AHAHHAAH

With the desktop fountain pen set? I believe that has another thread of its own somewhere around here.

a reply to: Blue Shift

really? is it old stuff???

originally posted by: egidio88
a reply to: Blue Shift

really? is it old stuff???

Happens sometimes, but the fact that you discovered it independently (did you?) means you have a good eye and an interest in looking for the real thing here. Welcome aboard if you'd like to continue searching, and you can pick up your exploration kit and know-how material at the front door. Do you have your hat? We all wear explorer hats (see funbox's avatar, and mine has a baseball cap, and BlueShift has glass).

I back tracked to this thread from Funbox's thread. Honestly, it amazes me the detail so many of you capture. Hopefully, you all don't laugh at me, but I am curious about what is in the lower left of this Left mast cam image 766 ? (the PVC toadstool thing)I can't seem to upload it from my iPad. Sorry. I tried looking at some pics of the rover and was unsuccessful in determining what this strange shape is. Sadly, it is only in the one image of the series, the focus in time seemed to go more to the angled slabs of stone sticking out of the sand to the right. Can one of you answer this curiousity for me? Thank you so much, and I hope I am not derailing the thread. Just curious. Though those 90 degree angles are quite curious. Any ideas on those as well? Looks like one had been broken off from the other too.


Edit add: in case my link doesn't work...this is the details: image was taken by Mastcam: Left (MAST_LEFT) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 766 (2014-10-02 07:48:29 UTC).

a reply to: CynConcepts

looks like one of the instruments on the back of the rover .. exhust pipe ?



funbox

a reply to: funbox
Thank you so much! your ability to zoom in, really shows it clearly!
Did you get a chance to look at those 90 degree angled slabs sticking out of the sand just to the right of that exhaust pipe in the pic? Would love to see a close up of those too. It looks like masonry.

a reply to: CynConcepts

you mean these ? one almost has a bony look about it



funbox

a reply to: funbox

Thank you again! Yes, I was asking about those. It looks like the one on the left had broken off of the one to the right. It really doesn't look natural. Plus the one on the left sur looks carved like a stone tablet you would find in ancient cultures. Any idea what the estimated size of these could be? Perhaps, that would give one a better idea on what it could be.

a reply to: CynConcepts

well hopefully we will have a colour picture of the region soon , might shed some light on what we are seeing, as for size, hmm hard to say maybe a few feet across ?

funbox

a reply to: funbox

Yes, I could only find raw colored thumbnails for Sol 766. Do they update the larger raw images with color too, or just the smaller thumbnails? When I try to enlarge the thumbnails, the image is too pixelated to see details.

a reply to: CynConcepts

looks like we will get the larger colour from the thumbs too, I forget the reason to why these grid like black and whites are taken, anyone know what these pics are for ? navigation maybe?

funbox

a reply to: funbox

'They' would prob say those type of pics are for navigation, but it is more likely so that the blown up images we like to look at are harder to scrutinize!?

LOL!!!