I came across this image today, and took a closer look.
Seems to be Symbols of some type printed on this object.
(http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy68/mikeybandb/697187main_pia16230-full_full.jpg)
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/697187main_pia16230-full_full.jpg (http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/697187main_pia16230-full_full.jpg)
(http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy68/mikeybandb/capture_009_23112012_134343.png)
(http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy68/mikeybandb/capture_007_23112012_134242.png)
Hey mikeybandb, good post! Of course, with high mag, for me it is sometimes hard to know whether symbols are real, or pixilation. But, for sure, this does look like something "artificial". Looks like a piece of plastic film of some sort to me in any case.
Of course, this pic is taken by a "present" Earth object, that has various stuff on its exterior, that could "delaminate" to the Mars environment under certain conditions. I guess it could be of Earth, but, according to the pic, it is on the surface of Mars. And, while probably tiny size-wise, it appears to have had a violent separation from wherever whence it came, with those rough and irregular edges.
Maybe Curiosity needs to chemically analyze this? ???
Quote from: rdunk on November 23, 2012, 11:08:11 PM
Maybe Curiosity needs to chemically analyze this? ???
Agreed... Although I doubt that will ever happen,and if so we'll probably never know the whole truth.
Just what NASA would like us to believe is the truth.
Quote from: mikeybandb on November 23, 2012, 10:09:30 PM
I came across this image today, and took a closer look.
Seems to be Symbols of some type printed on this object.
It looks more like JPEG artefacts, as they are all square and JPEG works with 8x8 pixels squares.
Quote from: rdunk on November 23, 2012, 11:08:11 PM
But, for sure, this does look like something "artificial". Looks like a piece of plastic film of some sort to me in any case.
NASA said that it most likely came from the part of the craft that was covering the rover and that fell on it during the descent and that now fell to the ground.
QuoteMaybe Curiosity needs to chemically analyze this? ???
Not likely, as if it's plastic (it looks like plastic) it would contaminate and possibly damage the equipment.
Why is it the human species insists on polluting their Environment,
then go to other places and pollute those places as well ? >:(
Quote from: mikeybandb on November 23, 2012, 10:09:30 PM
I came across this image today, and took a closer look.
Seems to be Symbols of some type printed on this object.
Gum wrapper from the secret astronaut corp :D
Quote from: The Matrix Traveller on November 24, 2012, 01:59:23 AM
Why is it the human species insists on polluting their Environment,
then go to other places and pollute those places as well ? >:(
Elementary my dear Watson...
The BEST way to cover up anomalies on the Moon or Mars is to smash as much debris all over the place as possible, thereby ruining any chance of identifying anything alien or ancient :P
And NASA is experts at deliberately smashing spaceships into anything they can find.
And if you or I toss a little trash out the car window, you can bet you will get nailed with a $1000 fine
NASA = COSMIC LITTERBUGS
Target Name: Mars
Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun)
Mission: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Spacecraft: Curiosity
Instrument: MAHLI
Product Size: 1584 x 1184 pixels (width x height)
Produced By: Malin Space Science Systems
Full-Res TIFF: PIA16230.tif (5.628 MB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA16230.jpg (485.9 kB)
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Original Caption Released with Image:
This image from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows a small bright object on the ground beside the rover at the "Rocknest" site. The object is just below the center of this image. It is about half an inch (1.3 centimeters) long. The rover team has assessed this object as debris from the spacecraft, possibly from the events of landing on Mars.
The image was taken during the mission's 65th Martian day, or sol (Oct. 11, 2012).
JPL manages the Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The rover was designed, developed and assembled at JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
For more about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/msl, http://www.nasa.gov/mars, and http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Image Addition Date:
2012-10-15
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16230
I just went in close on the TIFF with GIMP. It looks like a piece of plastic packaging. I don't see any symbols though.
QuoteSmall Debris on the Ground Beside Curiosity
This image from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows a small bright object on the ground beside the rover at the "Rocknest" site. The object is just below the center of this image. It is about half an inch (1.3 centimeters) long. The rover team has assessed this object as debris from the spacecraft, possibly from the events of landing on Mars.
The image was taken during the mission's 65th Martian day, or sol (Oct. 11, 2012).
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia16230.html
Quote from: zorgon on November 24, 2012, 11:12:33 AM
Elementary my dear Watson...
The BEST way to cover up anomalies on the Moon or Mars is to smash as much debris all over the place as possible, thereby ruining any chance of identifying anything alien or ancient :P
And NASA is experts at deliberately smashing spaceships into anything they can find.
And if you or I toss a little trash out the car window, you can bet you will get nailed with a $1000 fine
NASA = COSMIC LITTERBUGS
You Ain't wrong there Z !
My thoughts exactly. :)
I think we can say that the "physics of the basic universe" is clearly and plainly a natural source of absolute and infinite "cosmic litter", human kind of any sort not-withstanding. And we actually are so naive in the relative sense, we really don't know much about that, except for the little bit of "litter" that makes "contact" with us, on earth.
Asteroids, and solar radiation, and star supernova, and interstellar radiation, and meteors, and meteorites, and comets, and dark matter, and etc. etc. - you name it. The universe seems to be filled with just its natural "litter". So, a little bit of man made litter, here and there, won't make a pimple's worth of a bump on a gnat's butt. ;)
If there were one "litter bug" human type kind on one planet in each galaxy, there still would never be a noticeable problem of litter in this universe, IMO.
And besides that, the One who has designed this universe thought far enough ahead to include at least one cosmic "shop vac" somewhere near the center of each galaxy, to help in sweeping up such galactic "litter". 8)
Just kidding, with the smiley! ;)
(http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/04images/Bluebird/damn.gif)
i can read U S on it.
Quote from: rdunk on November 25, 2012, 02:03:53 AM
If there were one "litter bug" human type kind on one planet in each galaxy, there still would never be a noticeable problem of litter in this universe, IMO.
Good point :P
So what your saying is that NASA is only a small fish LOCAL Litterbug and that God is the COSMIC LITTERBUG
Gotcha :D
Ya know... you would think he could clean up after himself, once that day of rest was over :D
Ya know... you would think he could clean up after himself, once that day of rest was over
Well yes, he did have a plan for that! He did assign Adam the "job" of tending the Garden. However, as the story goes, Adam "stepped in it" -------- and lost that job! And Z, I am sure you know, it is a whole lot easier to step in it, than it is to clean up afterwards!
Anyway, so because Adam failed on his assignment, we do have to clean up after our own selves, and we don't get to live here in the Garden either! (ugh) :P