UM-Bot Posted September 20, 2013 #1 Share Posted September 20, 2013 NASA's Messenger spacecraft has caught an unusual looking shape on the nearest planet to the sun. Launched in 2004, the eagle-eyed probe has managed to capture many photographs of the planet's surface including one shot which includes a particularly familiar looking shape that seems at first glance to be somewhat out of place. Read More: http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/254925/han-solo-photographed-on-mercury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Fox FK Posted September 20, 2013 #2 Share Posted September 20, 2013 http://craziestgadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/han-solo-carbonite-rug.jpg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Posted September 20, 2013 #3 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Looks more like a molar than a human to me...*shrugs* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealdwita Posted September 20, 2013 #4 Share Posted September 20, 2013 (edited) It looks a bit like that astrofrog in that other thread a few days ago. I suppose it'll 'spawn' a whole lot of new theories! Sorry Edited September 20, 2013 by ealdwita 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Only Posted September 20, 2013 #5 Share Posted September 20, 2013 It's no Birdman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted September 20, 2013 #6 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Looks more like a molar than a human to me...*shrugs* If you squint at it you can sort of see a "Han Solo encased in carbonite" shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergeantflynn Posted September 20, 2013 #7 Share Posted September 20, 2013 it resembles the scar on my leg....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reggie2011 Posted September 20, 2013 #8 Share Posted September 20, 2013 ha yeah ok.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExoPaul Posted September 20, 2013 #9 Share Posted September 20, 2013 "These are not the craters you're looking for!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExoPaul Posted September 20, 2013 #10 Share Posted September 20, 2013 http://humourhive.com/2013/09/18/carbonite-refrigerator/ Now THAT is how you do carbonite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krypter3 Posted September 20, 2013 #11 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Who on earth saw this and went 'that's Han Solo'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted September 20, 2013 #12 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Looks more like a molar than a human to me...*shrugs* Exactly what I thought. Who on earth saw this and went 'that's Han Solo'. Someone who failed a drug test? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardRoma Posted September 20, 2013 #13 Share Posted September 20, 2013 ...and the crater on the upper left looks like a waxing cresent moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beelzebufo Posted September 20, 2013 #14 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Who on earth saw this and went 'that's Han Solo'. Me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+HerNibs Posted September 20, 2013 #15 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Nope, can't be. Han was rescued from the carbonite. Jeesh. What kind of geeks are you guys? Nibs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted September 20, 2013 #16 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Han was rescued from the carbonite. That's what "they" want you to believe. I can't believe you fell for rebel propaganda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+HerNibs Posted September 20, 2013 #17 Share Posted September 20, 2013 That's what "they" want you to believe. I can't believe you fell for rebel propaganda. Nibs But on a serious note - Are there other images? Any color images? Nibs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted September 20, 2013 #18 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Are there other images? Any color images? Of this object? I don't know, but probably, Messenger has been orbiting Mercury since March 2011. I suspect that with different lighting angles and shadows it wouldn't look like this though. As for colour... to be honest Mercury is very like the Moon, grey in colour. Colour images (except when the colours are exaggerated) look a lot like monochrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+HerNibs Posted September 20, 2013 #19 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Of this object? I don't know, but probably, Messenger has been orbiting Mercury since March 2011. I suspect that with different lighting angles and shadows it wouldn't look like this though. As for colour... to be honest Mercury is very like the Moon, grey in colour. Colour images (except when the colours are exaggerated) look a lot like monochrome. Nah, not just of that image. Just interesting bits of the planet. What's our most colorful planet? Nibs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+HerNibs Posted September 20, 2013 #20 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Looks beautiful here. Nibs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted September 20, 2013 #21 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Yes but that is not a true colour picture. It is enhanced, the colours are highly exaggerated to show up small differences that the human eye could not otherwise detect. It enables scientists to determine mineral types. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+HerNibs Posted September 20, 2013 #22 Share Posted September 20, 2013 *sigh* Nibs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trudoug Posted September 20, 2013 #23 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Looks like a tooth!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drayno Posted September 20, 2013 #24 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Han shot first. It seriously resembles carbonite Han. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted September 20, 2013 #25 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Me. Me too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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