Iceman. Will be working on a new post for a few days, but have bypassed ' the usual ' and managed to bring out some more detail that should be useful in your analysis of this pic.
Guns are often not just guns also cameras and this could be both guns and cameras but so what. I've drawn some lines to make the environment more easily understandable.
OK, another interpretation for this camera - a martian weapon. We have them captured before and we often see the round holes in the rocks where they are placed . I think it far more likely that they are weapons (Mars, God of war, etc) Plus, dont forget that we have never been shown images of Spirit after it has died, so I do strongly suspect that Spirit is no more and has been dismantled.
I linked the weapons threads only a few weeks ago in another post. As far as I am concerned, this is a REALLY good image of the weapon (excellent job in spotting it) and I will add it and a link to our other threads.
Oh.. about the root ball. Yes it could well be, but dont forget that some of the Martians are snake-like beings so could be we are being shown a conglomeration of those.
-- Edited by qmantoo on Monday 27th of May 2013 10:32:16 AM
Surface vegetation binds the soil surface and creates a blockade against the gravity. An example of this can be seen in the accompanying photo. It is difficult to conceal physical activity on photographs that are handled in deceptive purposes. Please see also the soft curves of the surface. These above mentioned properties of nature are visible throughout the entire photo: PIA16453
Attached are two photos taken on the Earth, to explain some fundamental aspects of the functionality of the natural forces.