la_paloma_blanca Posted September 22, 2012 #26 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Awe cute! Egyptian smurfs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONTEATUS Posted September 22, 2012 #27 Share Posted September 22, 2012 (edited) Lol Finally a correct answer ! Cha-Ching ! THe Wenner is ! Manchester ! Edited September 22, 2012 by DONTEATUS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumball Posted September 22, 2012 #28 Share Posted September 22, 2012 I'm thinking the rock could be upside down. That may explain the shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGirl Posted September 22, 2012 #29 Share Posted September 22, 2012 there is nothing unusual about the rock (visually that is) other than that there are no others in the area. i have far more interesting and unusual rocks in my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGirl Posted September 22, 2012 #30 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Are there any geologist in the forum who could explain how a rock might achieve this shape naturally? I realize we are dealing with an alien planet with some alien geologicical forces, but assuming what occurs naturally on Earth occurs on Mars too. How would nature create a Pyrimid shaped rock? I feel I will get blasted because there are so many variables, but it does makes me wonder. this shape is not so unusual. perhaps unusual for mars, but not especially strange by earth standards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted September 23, 2012 Author #31 Share Posted September 23, 2012 i have far more interesting and unusual rocks in my collection. How many of yours are from the surface of Mars? The fact that this is an alien rock would, I suspect, trump anything you have in your collection in terms of "interesting". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGirl Posted September 23, 2012 #32 Share Posted September 23, 2012 (edited) How many of yours are from the surface of Mars? The fact that this is an alien rock would, I suspect, trump anything you have in your collection in terms of "interesting". i think it's a given that this particular rock is from mars...that is not what they are intimating is what makes it unusual obviously. if you notice my post was referring to it's visual attributes anyway sigh and for all i know i could have a rock from mars or somewhere else in our galaxy. i have a lot of rocks lol Edited September 23, 2012 by JGirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONTEATUS Posted September 23, 2012 #33 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Rocks smashes paper,paper wraps rocks,rocks lay around on Mars. I think thats how it goes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted September 23, 2012 Author #34 Share Posted September 23, 2012 (edited) i think it's a given that this particular rock is from mars...that is not what they are intimating is what makes it unusual obviously. if you notice my post was referring to it's visual attributes anyway sigh and for all i know i could have a rock from mars or somewhere else in our galaxy. i have a lot of rocks lol You may not have noticed but Rhinopolis (the member who you replied to and quoted) was asking the opinion of geologists. Now I could be wrong but I highly suspect that someone that says this of the rocks in their own collection: for all i know i could have a rock from mars or somewhere else in our galaxy. is probably not a geologist. I could also be wrong here, but I highly suspect that NASA is not categorising which rocks are interesting but how nice they will look on their shelf at home. I think it rather more likely that they ARE using the knowledge of highly qualified and highly experienced geologists to determine which rocks are an interesting shape. Given the nature of both the question asked by Rhinopolis and the scientific importance of the potential discoveries to be made on Mars, your personal opinion of which rocks are interesting based on your personal aesthetic bias couldn't possibly be more irrelevant. Edited September 23, 2012 by Waspie_Dwarf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kludge808 Posted September 24, 2012 #35 Share Posted September 24, 2012 It's a shame to see so many jaded responses. I for one, remain in awe of the fact that Curiousity is beaming pictures from the surface of Mars. And such beautiful ones too. (of course, nothing compared to your own most bodacious beauty) Many things that were the stuff of science fiction when I was a small young person have since become science fact and this is part of it. I find it interesting that people who came up on Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Star Trek et al are creating these marvelous machines. It will be interesting to see what today's children will create ... if I live long enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathainil Posted September 24, 2012 #36 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I'm curious about this rock. The left side is darker than the lighter facing side - is the darker area due to oxidation? Has the rock broken off of a larger piece and exposed the lighter face? Why is the darker left side marked with horizontal 'runnels', while the lighter face is marked with vertical features that rather resemble a melted residue. I hope they post the spectra from this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGirl Posted September 25, 2012 #37 Share Posted September 25, 2012 (edited) You may not have noticed but Rhinopolis (the member who you replied to and quoted) was asking the opinion of geologists. Now I could be wrong but I highly suspect that someone that says this of the rocks in their own collection: is probably not a geologist. I could also be wrong here, but I highly suspect that NASA is not categorising which rocks are interesting but how nice they will look on their shelf at home. I think it rather more likely that they ARE using the knowledge of highly qualified and highly experienced geologists to determine which rocks are an interesting shape. Given the nature of both the question asked by Rhinopolis and the scientific importance of the potential discoveries to be made on Mars, your personal opinion of which rocks are interesting based on your personal aesthetic bias couldn't possibly be more irrelevant. what's your problem anyway? i think you could lighten up a few shades there i made a post with my opinion that i didn't find the rock all that VISUALLY unusual. (the part about the origin of my rocks was obviously a joke) mypost in question was directed and someone other than yourself - you have no issue with me so again i ask, what's your problem? edit to add: hmm, after re reading the article i realize nowhere in it does it say that nasa finds the rock particularly 'unusual'. you added that to the title yourself and that must be why you don't like that i disagree. yes it's unusual because it's from another planet. we all get that. i don't need to be a geologist to see with my own eyes that there is nothing remarkable about it's appearance. Edited September 25, 2012 by JGirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimaybliss Posted September 29, 2012 #38 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Did Mars once have intelligent life living on it? And if so, are there any artificial structures still remaining on the Red Planet that proves this? Amazingly, some images that are coming back from the Curiousity Rover are pointing in that direction. Recent pictures are showing what appears to be a pyramid shaped building in the distance that might be partially buried in sand. Read more and see the pics: http://nutshellurl.com/CuriosityAnomaly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted September 29, 2012 #39 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Shadows and light make for lovely combinations don't they. Pyramid? I would have to see it a whole lot closer and from different angles first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.United_Nations Posted September 29, 2012 #40 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Looks fake, the same shadow behind the Pyramid is in two different shots however both at the same angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rlyeh Posted September 29, 2012 #41 Share Posted September 29, 2012 How did you determine it was artificial let alone a pyramid? I've seen more convincing natural hills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Wearer of Hats Posted September 29, 2012 #42 Share Posted September 29, 2012 I love how on the one hand the US government censor everything within an inch of it's life when it comes to aliens, and on the other hand we get accidental discovery of alien pyramids on something that itslef is admittedly by NASA edited before release to the public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONTEATUS Posted September 29, 2012 #43 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Lets leave all the CT stuff on earth please. NASA is doing a great job ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kludge808 Posted September 29, 2012 #44 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Lets leave all the CT stuff on earth please. NASA is doing a great job ! Liked, unliked and liked again so I could double like it. *sigh* ... I am not a real friend of CTists. About the only thing I see them as being good for is target practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaptorBites Posted September 30, 2012 #45 Share Posted September 30, 2012 If you are not in awe, visit this panorama. Click on the full-screen button, then click and drag (small movements - it sorta works backwards..) Mars Panorama, Day 2 If that doesn't give you an eerie/awe-struck feeling about what it would be like to be up there, I don't know what will.. The landscape is actually beautiful yet surreal. The amazing thing about it is, the quality of the images we are receiving from Curiosity. Never would I have thought that technology would be this advanced for my generation to witness something like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONTEATUS Posted September 30, 2012 #46 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Liked, unliked and liked again so I could double like it. *sigh* ... I am not a real friend of CTists. About the only thing I see them as being good for is target practice. You me and the fence post Kludge ! But one thing is an absolute ! NASA and the Mars missions should be kept going until we Put men on the surface ! Then we can Hitch a ride from E.T`s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kludge808 Posted September 30, 2012 #47 Share Posted September 30, 2012 You me and the fence post Kludge ! But one thing is an absolute ! NASA and the Mars missions should be kept going until we Put men on the surface ! Then we can Hitch a ride from E.T`s No argument there but not just Mars. It's important and we do need to go there in person but I believe we should be pushing out. We are, as a species, intensely curious which is why Curiosity is such a cool machine. It helps us scratch that curiosity somewhat with the information and fantastic photos it's (or, from a video about Curiosity tweeting, "she is") sending back. Now she's found a rock that has gotten the folks at JPL interested. What will she find next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONTEATUS Posted September 30, 2012 #48 Share Posted September 30, 2012 THe Sky`s the Limit ! and Curiosity will find amazing things on Mars. I will bet we find everything we need to assertain that Life does exist Out there ! Water underground will be really nice to find ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avanter Posted October 6, 2012 #49 Share Posted October 6, 2012 why nasa didnt show the other faces of the rock? if they are irregular, so, all the mistery will dissapear, but if not, it will be a good news for all. The people of the planet earth, we need to raise our view, to be pushed to exit of this crisis. so, why Nasa likes to keep the doubt about the rock? A fast analysis of the image, it shows that its base is a square, so, only a crystal can be fused as a faceted rock, and by the pictures it seems to be a common rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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