Waspie_Dwarf Posted November 3, 2016 #1 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Curiosity Mars Rover Checks Odd-looking Iron Meteorite Quote Laser-zapping of a globular, golf-ball-size object on Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover confirms that it is an iron-nickel meteorite fallen from the Red Planet's sky. Iron-nickel meteorites are a common class of space rocks found on Earth, and previous examples have been seen on Mars, but this one, called "Egg Rock," is the first on Mars examined with a laser-firing spectrometer. To do so, the rover team used Curiosity's Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument. Read More: NASA/JPL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz_Light_Year Posted November 3, 2016 #2 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Just a matter of time before someone on the Internet claims it's a fragment of a crashed UFO. lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorg Posted November 3, 2016 #3 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Well, now I know what one looks like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted November 3, 2016 #4 Share Posted November 3, 2016 15 minutes ago, Buzz_Light_Year said: Just a matter of time before someone on the Internet claims it's a fragment of a crashed UFO. lol yes, someone who can not be bothered to read the original article. Hope they bring their crashed UFO theory on here. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geraldnewfie Posted November 3, 2016 #5 Share Posted November 3, 2016 looks like melted metal....maybe from a crash ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastieRunner Posted November 3, 2016 #6 Share Posted November 3, 2016 I thought it was kind of dumb to say that Mars has sampled a different asteroid stream. I mean, really? A different planet with a different orbit has different things hit it? You don't say ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.United_Nations Posted November 3, 2016 #7 Share Posted November 3, 2016 1 hour ago, geraldnewfie said: looks like melted metal....maybe from a crash ? Here we go... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExoPaul Posted November 3, 2016 #8 Share Posted November 3, 2016 That is clearly mechanical like UFO debris and they are covering it up........ Only joking, someone had to release the pressure valve! Seriously though, it is kinda interesting how a piece of meteorite can be laying in that position with no form of impact around it. Almost like it was dropped off the back of a Martian lorry or something, rather than hit the planet at several hundred/thousand/tens of thousands of miles per hour. I wonder if the small horseshoe shape on the right hand side of the image is to do with it as well, or is that evidence of alien midget equestrian eventing? A fascinating find even if it is just a rock that nobody can pick up and examine further! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Cooper Merrin Posted November 3, 2016 #9 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Lump of modelling clay! Case closed....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted November 3, 2016 #10 Share Posted November 3, 2016 3 hours ago, geraldnewfie said: looks like melted metal....maybe from a crash ? What kind of crash....................dare I ask?!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud the mackem Posted November 3, 2016 #11 Share Posted November 3, 2016 1 hour ago, freetoroam said: What kind of crash....................dare I ask?!!! It fell off a martian wheelbarrow that an Alien was taking to the scrap yard, ....seriously it probably is a meteorite which skimmed the planets surface and bounced for several hundred yards before coming to rest as there are no skid marks or gouges near it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsec Posted November 3, 2016 #12 Share Posted November 3, 2016 So you are saying that the most resembling thing of a UFO on Mars so far wasn't picked up first by some "eagle-eyed" internet user, as they usually call them, but by a legit NASA team? What the odds! Conspiracy! Cover up! Or maybe the eagle-eyed users were too busy checking zealously that rock formation that looks exactly like a Martian Marilyn Monroe with her skirt floating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielost Posted November 3, 2016 #13 Share Posted November 3, 2016 it looks like a mans head. in fact it looks like lincoln's head. and yes i read the story. and looked at the rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted November 3, 2016 Author #14 Share Posted November 3, 2016 4 hours ago, ExoPaul said: Seriously though, it is kinda interesting how a piece of meteorite can be laying in that position with no form of impact around it. Almost like it was dropped off the back of a Martian lorry or something, rather than hit the planet at several hundred/thousand/tens of thousands of miles per hour. Small meteorites, on planets with atmospheres, don't hit the ground at thousands of miles an hour. The atmosphere slows them down and they land at terminal velocity. That is why the Earth is not covered in small craters, unlike the moon, It's also worth pointing out that Mars has winds and dust storms which could easily obliterate smaller craters. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djfxw Posted November 3, 2016 #15 Share Posted November 3, 2016 What is that 'U' shaped metal thing on the rock to the right of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftermath Posted November 3, 2016 #16 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Indeed, the remnants of an ancient Martian smelting operation. Or it's a decorative skull cap... maybe coprolite, or quite possibly a piece off a crashed alien space ship... or a meteorite - I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted November 3, 2016 Author #17 Share Posted November 3, 2016 28 minutes ago, djfxw said: What is that 'U' shaped metal thing on the rock to the right of it? It's just part of the rock. I very much doubt that it is metal. Most images from Mars are not in "true colour". Contrast and colour differences are exaggerated to make identification of different types of minerals easier (amongst other reasons) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted November 4, 2016 #18 Share Posted November 4, 2016 15 hours ago, Waspie_Dwarf said: Small meteorites, on planets with atmospheres, don't hit the ground at thousands of miles an hour. The atmosphere slows them down and they land at terminal velocity. That is why the Earth is not covered in small craters, unlike the moon, It's also worth pointing out that Mars has winds and dust storms which could easily obliterate smaller craters. It also may have bounced a bit and not be in the same spot as it initially hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qxcontinuum Posted November 7, 2016 #19 Share Posted November 7, 2016 wow surprisingly very clean ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astra. Posted November 9, 2016 #20 Share Posted November 9, 2016 On 04/11/2016 at 5:00 AM, danielost said: it looks like a mans head. in fact it looks like lincoln's head. Pareidolia ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielost Posted November 9, 2016 #21 Share Posted November 9, 2016 1 hour ago, Astra. said: Pareidolia ... SORRY NO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted November 9, 2016 Author #22 Share Posted November 9, 2016 54 minutes ago, danielost said: SORRY NO. Daniel, first things first, please don't post in all capitals. As well as being considered bad manners it is against the rules of this site. Secondly are you saying that it IS some kind of metal head? If the answer to that is no then by definition it is pareidolia. If the answer is yes may I suggest not hijacking this topic and starting a new topic in the correct section: Extraterrestrial Life & The UFO Phenomenon Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorg Posted November 22, 2016 #23 Share Posted November 22, 2016 On 11/8/2016 at 8:14 PM, danielost said: SORRY NO. I'm curious too. Are you saying it is not pareidolia and is indeed a mans head, even Lincolns? Surely you jest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielost Posted November 22, 2016 #24 Share Posted November 22, 2016 1 hour ago, South Alabam said: I'm curious too. Are you saying it is not pareidolia and is indeed a mans head, even Lincolns? Surely you jest. i am saying i am not seeing what i want to see. but that it does indeed look like a mans head. lincolns head with bread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielost Posted November 22, 2016 #25 Share Posted November 22, 2016 On 11/8/2016 at 9:08 PM, Waspie_Dwarf said: Daniel, first things first, please don't post in all capitals. As well as being considered bad manners it is against the rules of this site. Secondly are you saying that it IS some kind of metal head? If the answer to that is no then by definition it is pareidolia. If the answer is yes may I suggest not hijacking this topic and starting a new topic in the correct section: Extraterrestrial Life & The UFO Phenomenon Thank you. sorry i forget that i have caps locked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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