I too agree there was once another civilization on Mars that met their demise (or at least the planet did) in a catastrophic way. The ruble and debris we see looks like it was blown up or, like Timewarp said, flooded. Chunks of statues, pieces of foundations etc. It doesn't seem possible it was just simply abandoned, nor that extinction took place for reasons other than cataclysm. An ancient world is there, but it's not intact. It was violently disturbed, and we are finding bits and pieces of what was.
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Yes Masjosh, I think you've hit the nail on the head.
That's exactly what the objects would appear to be - tiny block formations or structures when viewed from a distance above. I have stated in the past that previous research during the Phoenix mission and the finding of a couple of very interesting images led me to believe that there is an active life presence on the surface of Mars. In fact, because this particular species is so tiny, I coined the title "Sand People" for them. I calculated that the adults of the species stand no more than 1.6 to 1.8mm tall. I know what everyone is going to say but it is quite possible when the characteristics of martian gravity and atmosphere are considered. The tiny block formations seen in the image are probably between 3 and 5 millimetres in height with some taller structures reaching 8 to 10 millimetres. That's why trying to find structures related to this particular species becomes troublesome due to their very small size.
I am also of the opinion that a mature species once lived on the planet in ancient times. There seems to be plenty of marked and engineered debris on the surface to suggest this to be the case but something wiped them out. Was it a massive tsunami or something more catastrophic that caused their demise?
Here is a really close view of the features seen in the image above.
Take note of all the different colours of the blocks, some of the blocks even have definite geometrical form.
Could it possibly be that the small blocks are painted constructions?
Here is another colour-difference cropped view from the above image that shows the different colours of the surface objects.
But, what are these objects? From viewing the image these small shapes do not appear to be rocks but appear to be more like something constructed to an intelligent design. I have never seen geological formations like those that can be observed in the image. It can be seen there are shapes that would appear to be facial representations but closer inspection reveals that they are either a single structure or a group of structures.
Note the process I use to produce the colour-difference views demonstrates that there is colour information in the mastcam images. This information is important as it allows for better analysis of surface objects. The colours of the objects seen in the images are real, although they may not be true-colour as we have no reference information from NASA. So, the best that can be done is to colour-correct the image first to produce a more reasonable representation of the colour of objects showing in a view.
As per the title of the thread, are we missing something that scientifically is so important that it should not be ignored?
What do you think?
-- Edited by Timewarp on Sunday 1st of June 2014 12:30:24 PM
if we could only see whats on the top of the broken piece to the bottom left... Xenon, there does appear to be a pipe out of the right side of it (not seen so well in the image here, but in the original yes) .. and as Levelwind commented, the square to the top left is intriguing as well.
-- Edited by masjosh on Friday 30th of May 2014 01:42:45 AM
As for the keyhole anomaly - it looks to me like something more functional than symbolic. It looks like carved water feature/spout/channel in the shape of a keyhole.
I agree it does look functional, if you look at the right side of the rock in shadow there looks to be a pipe protruding out of the rock (part of the water feature...?), but there also appears to be tampering at the top of the rock and other places throughout the full image, still a great find all the same
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I agree that the people on this forum are real truth seekers. This site is unique world-wide. As for the keyhole anomaly - it looks to me like something more functional than symbolic. It looks like carved water feature/spout/channel in the shape of a keyhole.
-- Edited by Divinity on Friday 30th of May 2014 12:28:55 AM
Mashjosh, If you are looking for markings or glyphs that are similar to some of the crop circles may I suggest you survey the surface of the heavenly body that's just up the road, so to speak. I think you will find your searching more successful there. In all the time I have explored the images of Mars I have never come across anything that even relates closely to crop circles but I have come across very small stone circles.
Macten is correct about criticism and ridicule. I have been exposed to severe ridicule and criticism, not on this forum but on another well-known forum. The people who post on this forum are much more dedicated in finding out the truth of what's really out there. This is something you will not find on many other forums.
Keep searching and I am sure you will come across something really unique. The markings in the image you posted do vaguely look similar to the keyhole crop circle but knowing what is currently on the surface the similarity seems doubtful, although possible. There are some marks on the curved stone slightly lower that are of interest and could possibly relate to an ancient existence.
I am grateful to have a community here of people that want the truth just as badly as i do. Sincerely, I appreciate any thoughts or comments regarding an image I post. I don't spend a great deal of time trying to interpret these markings, however this one in particular was different. I INSTANTLY saw a keyhole and decided to compare it to the crop circle. Remarkable similarity's led me to post here for members comments.
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Mashjosh, If you are looking for markings or glyphs that are similar to some of the crop circles may I suggest you survey the surface of the heavenly body that's just up the road, so to speak. I think you will find your searching more successful there. In all the time I have explored the images of Mars I have never come across anything that even relates closely to crop circles but I have come across very small stone circles.
Macten is correct about criticism and ridicule. I have been exposed to severe ridicule and criticism, not on this forum but on another well-known forum. The people who post on this forum are much more dedicated in finding out the truth of what's really out there. This is something you will not find on many other forums.
Keep searching and I am sure you will come across something really unique. The markings in the image you posted do vaguely look similar to the keyhole crop circle but knowing what is currently on the surface the similarity seems doubtful, although possible. There are some marks on the curved stone slightly lower that are of interest and could possibly relate to an ancient existence.
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Heading back to SOL 610 images, (which offer a smorgasbord of anomalies). Is this a symbol? Can we decipher an alien drawing? I don't see why not.. . Sure looks like a spade, or a keyhole to me though.
Check it out for yourself, lots to see in this image, as for all the 610 images.
The images shown below are crops from the colour-difference view shown above.
I have deliberately increased the colour saturation to identify the colour differences that exist between different solid objects.
You may think you are seeing faces in the view and you probably are, only they are not faces at all unless they are carvings in the rocks. These facial shapes are small groups of tiny structures that appear to form a facial representation. This all points to intelligent design and an intelligent species of beings not identified or disclosed by the scientific world. In the view there is plenty of evidence that relates to built structures that have been constructed to an intelligent design. These particular shapes have geometrical form so they cannot be rocks or rock formations.
Examine the detail very closely as you have probably never seen or experienced anything like this before in a view from Mars.
Your views, opinons and comments would be most welcome.
....and a larger view.
-- Edited by Timewarp on Thursday 22nd of May 2014 06:31:32 PM
Here is a crop from the main downloaded image of the view shown above.
This image has not been processed in any way and the jpeg compression artefacts can still be observed on the image.
An ellipse has been placed around many of the interesting objects and other features to show that they can be observed in the original downloaded image.
Some of the shapes are very similar but any shapes appearing to be either a head or a face are usually neither but something else unless it is a genuine head statue.
Here's a crop of an image that I think you will find very interesting. It is a view from Curiosity - sol 606 and after processing shows some remarkable detail.
I have sharpened the image and adjusted the colour settings to give a more life-like appearance.
The reddish hue in the original images covers up the real colours of the object detail and is visually detrimental to scientific research.
The overall brightness was also lowered. this helps to sharpen the view.
I have arrowed some of the objects.
The red arrow is pointing to an object that would appear to be a structure with a tower.
The yellow arrows relate to other structures and the green arrows are pointing to some shapes you may recognize.
Have a look and see what you can spot in the image. Do you see anything that relates to life activity?
Interesting Levelwind, I like to cross reference any glyphs to crop circle formations... If we found a perfect match, i'd like to see NASA explain that one!
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You are right Timewarp, Curiosity is cruising through some pretty interesting terrain lately. I had a lot of fun looking at this one thanks for pointing it out.
Looks like there could be some glyphs on those rocks to the left.