Alien Anomalies

 

The Biology of Earthworms

• What are the benefits to the soil

• Worms, Disease and Mortality

• The role of earthworms in Waste Management

• The role of earthworms in Sludge Management

• How the worm's digestive system processes waste

• Worms - a Solution to Nutrient Run-off and Algal Bloom

 

http://www.vermitech.com/worms.htm

 

Worms vary in size from microscopic to over 1 metre (3.3 ft) in length for marine polychaete worms (bristle worms),[1] 6.7 metres (22 ft) for the African giant earthworm, Microchaetus,[2] and 55 metres (180 ft) for the marine nemertean worm (bootlace worm), Lineus longissimus.[3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worm

Isn't this getting off-topic from the original discussion?

Correction:

Timewarp wrote, << Other images available of this particular location prove beyond a shadow of doubt that the arrowed left-hand object is a very small built structure. >>

This sentence should read:  ....... the arrowed right-hand object.....

I will post another view of the object shortly.

goggog, your image shows an interesting comparison. Also note the type of land forming in your image.

goggog is quite correct when he says he can prove it.

Other images available of this particular location prove beyond a shadow of doubt that the arrowed left-hand object is a very small built structure. It gives the impression of being a large building compared to the other small surrounding objects.

What do you make of the arrowed left-hand object?

From previous research, I made a statement that life forms on Mars are over 1000 times smaller than the life forms on Earth. Therefore, the height of any living being on Mars would be approximately 1.8mm tall.

Unfortunately, the panoramic camera onboard the rover is unable to resolve anything this small, but what the camera can resolve are any small structures. I also found martians to be very art-orientated and tend to build stuctures in their own facial likeness. Faces apparently form a major part of martian cultural identity.

The image shown below is a processed and cropped section of one of the images from sol 1833. The area selected can be viewed in the images shown above. I have arrowed two objects in the image which you may find of interest. Some other interesting anomalies are also highlighted. Take note of what would appear to be built structures near the top of the image.

Are the objects I have arrowed built structures?

Have a look and see what you think about the highlighted anomalies.

 

here for Sol 1843 Spirit Navcam.

2N289976994EFFB0EOP0675R0M1
Rover Spirit
Sol 1843
Site B0
Camera Navcam

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Looks like it is from 1830 - Spirit Navcam Sol 1830.

and

this one too

2N288828221EFFB000P0625R0M1
Rover Spirit
Sol 1830
Site B0
Camera Navcam
 

-- Edited by qmantoo on Tuesday 14th of June 2011 09:38:04 AM

I have to agree with Eaol. Having looked again, it is definitely taken from over to the right, which makes the tail look flatter. That is what persuaded me.

Uther Pendragan wrote:

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Ok then what is this thing that moves around on the surface?





Edited to insert images

-- Edited by Chandre on Tuesday 30th of November 2010 02:37:11 AM

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Although I haven't yet done some research on what the wierd tube-looking depressions are, I know enough to say with absolute certainty that they are not worms.

This is because of the immense size.  Granted the planet Mars currently has a much weaker gravitational pull than the Earth.

The largest land animal on Earth right now is the African Bush Elephant.  This creature is massive, 6000 to 9000 kilograms.  On Earth, its weight is about 13,000 to 20,000 lbs (yes, there is a difference).  This is already a heavy animal, approaching the limit for a land-dwelling creature in Earth's present gravity.  Scaling of muscle tissue and bone strength provides strong evidence for this.

The largest known land animal on Earth ever was Amphicoelias, a sauropod dinosaur approaching 200 feet long.  Now mainstream weight estimates place it over 100 tons, but that weight estimate is based off of a discredited assumption as well as the ignorance of how much weight muscles and bones can support.  In reality, it probably was fairly lightweight due to the lesser force of gravity (some say around a third or a fourth of what it is today).  But if that's large for a creature on Earth, that's still nothing compared to the mysterious form you see on Mars.

Another problem with the worm theory is that the creature would simply be too big to dig through dirt, especially at that depth.  One of the best ways to move, as a worm, is to propell yourself forward through compression and expansion (like an accordian) with a sharp tip on the front end, pushing dirt to the sides.  This is fine for small worms, but when you get big, you evolve to be longer, as you are at a disadvantage if you're large and wide.

The greater your width, the deeper you would need to go.  The increasing weight of the dirt on top of you, coupled with the great amount of pressure and the more tightly packed dirt, makes this a disadvantageous trait.

Also, there is no explanation as to what the worms are supposed to be living off of.  This is a serious problem.

And what should these alleged worms feed for? I think not that this worms are...

Yes, thats interesting. We should try to find other examples of this and document them. There is, however, quite a long time between photos. I wonder why it appears in the same shot or why the same shot(almost) was taken 10 sols later.

it's a turkey pig, well documented already.

in martian it's called a rock hog.

try to stay informed.

no

shai-hiulud doesn't exist on mars.

why?

because it would suck. then we have the fremen and all that crap. which i guess we have the ancestors of them now, but no worms on mars.

hey! only my opinion!!