http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/221484/armored_worm_found_in_mars_sand_dune_in_rover_photo/
A claim about a sand worm on planet Arrakis... er, I mean Mars.
(This might be appropriate for being in the Mars Anomalies forum board?)
"Worm" is not a conclusion I would make for this, but, as often is the case with NASA photos, this presents little more than "eye-candy". :) This certainly appears to be some sort of tubular feature, with what appear to be concentric rings around/along the length of it that we can see - looks somewhat like "threads" we see on a screw.
For sure, there is not much reason to doubt this piece to be an anomaly of some sort, as it certainly is drastically different from its surroundings. But, from the pic we have of it, we cannot know whether it is actually a circular threaded length we see, or, are we seeing the forward edge of a shaped piece that extends rearward back into the "sand"?? Because it doesn't extend through the surface in the next nearer depressions at each end, we can know it does not extend very far on each end, if it has "ends".
Here are 2 magnified screenshots of the piece, from the Rover Curiosity photo, for us to also look at in this thread:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/proj/msl/redops/ods/surface/sol/01237/opgs/edr/ncam/NRB_507299922EDR_F0521162NCAM00323M_.JPG
(http://s9.postimg.org/6scbgviwv/Screen_Shot_2016_02_02_at_12_13_17_PM.jpg)
(http://s18.postimg.org/b53bwrr95/Screen_Shot_2016_02_02_at_12_16_09_PM.jpg)
Unless it's just another JPEG error, it does look like a wonderment, lying across the dune's direction. And it seems to have equal/regular segments.
Sort of a dune zipper.
It does look like a screw, and, whatever it may be, it's been there since sol 1233 (I think).
or maybe the the robot arm has been trying to cause another sandslide :D
funbox
Quote from: ArMaP on February 02, 2016, 10:08:56 PM
It does look like a screw, and, whatever it may be, it's been there since sol 1233 (I think).
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5314/5904547403_fb34221562_b.jpg)
Anyone know if that is a microscopic picture? What size it is?
Quote from: Dyna on February 03, 2016, 05:16:05 PM
Anyone know if that is a microscopic picture? What size it is?
no links, no frame of reference , no idea :D
funbox
I think the sand bank is the track left by the rover wheel, so the item is very
small..maybe less than 1/2 inch long, and in my opinion may be a spring that
was at one time part of the rover..Seems several items have fallen off the rover
over the time it has been 'on mars'.
Just my opinion, that means less than nothing
rubicon
Well now, the plot thickens! :)
As ArMaP pointed out, "it's been there since sol 1233 (I think)". Based upon his comment, I have looked more at earlier photo shots, and it is............until Sol day 1229, and it is not there!! The pic is as clear as the others, and the threaded looking feature is not in the pic.
I will post the shots of both Sol 1237 (again) and Sol 1229, so all can see the difference. So, now the question becomes not only "what is it?", but also, "why isn't it in a the Sol day 1229 photo?" Did the Rover drop it there? Or, is it in fact "screwing itself" through the sand? The pics do show the sand to be undisturbed with no anomaly in the earlier pic.
Sol day 1237:http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/proj/msl/redops/ods/surface/sol/01237/opgs/edr/ncam/NRB_507299922EDR_F0521162NCAM00323M_.JPG
(http://s30.postimg.org/fnu0pjl2p/Screen_Shot_2016_02_03_at_11_16_33_AM.jpg)
Sol day 1229: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=NRB_506599920EDR_F0521162NCAM00323M_&s=1229
(http://s10.postimg.org/ckdzw5vs9/Screen_Shot_2016_02_03_at_11_18_56_AM.jpg)
Quote from: Dyna on February 03, 2016, 05:16:05 PM
Anyone know if that is a microscopic picture? What size it is?
Knowing that Curiosity's wheels are 40cm wide, the "worm" is 4.5 cm long.
PS: on my previous post I should have said "it has been there since sol 1234". Also, it wasn't there on sol 1221, as we can see.
(http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/proj/msl/redops/ods/surface/sol/01221/opgs/edr/ncam/NLB_505900047EDR_F0521162NCAM00352M_.JPG)
Quote from: funbox on February 03, 2016, 05:22:51 PM
no links, no frame of reference , no idea :D
No links? What's that thing on the second post? :)
Quote from: rdunk on February 03, 2016, 07:53:53 PM
As ArMaP pointed out, "it's been there since sol 1233 (I think)". Based upon his comment, I have looked more at earlier photo shots, and it is............until Sol day 1229, and it is not there!! The pic is as clear as the others, and the threaded looking feature is not in the pic.
Thanks, I missed sol 1229. :)
Quote from: ArMaP on February 03, 2016, 08:21:04 PM
No links? What's that thing on the second post? :)
that would be a retort from Rdunk with links provided :D
anyway , how come you haven't said it was created by one of the instruments.. im almost damned sure that's what you would say if I'd posted the picture :D
funbox
Quoteim almost damned sure that's what you would say if I'd posted the picture :D
bwhahahahahahaha
self prejustice....pretty funny funbox ;D
Quote from: funbox on February 04, 2016, 02:23:27 AM
anyway , how come you haven't said it was created by one of the instruments..
Because it doesn't look like it was.
Quoteim almost damned sure that's what you would say if I'd posted the picture :D
That says more about you than about me. :)
it looks like a piece of armor clad electrical cable, normally called BX; probably a scrap piece that finally fell off the rover...
seeker
look familiar :D
(http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/images/largesize/PIA15695_hires.jpg)
you know the markings
funbox
Quote from: the seeker on February 04, 2016, 03:09:14 PM
it looks like a piece of armor clad electrical cable, normally called BX; probably a scrap piece that finally fell off the rover...
seeker
don't you mean unscrewed itself off Mr Seeker
*interlude of a musical variety*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVxagKjTqeM
where has it come from :D
funbox
:)Yup a living one of these guys
(http://s20.postimg.org/xyhmlolbh/h_mars_rotini_050214_02.jpg)
(http://s20.postimg.org/orzbyeg31/s9612609.gif)
http://www.space.com/789-life-mars-rock-solid-evidence.html
To me, maybe slightly similar, but not really the same. Each does have an anomalous appearance in its setting, whatever is its make-up!
Quote from: ArMaP on February 03, 2016, 08:20:34 PM
Knowing that Curiosity's wheels are 40cm wide, the "worm" is 4.5 cm long.
4.5 cm?
Have we determined the SCALE of the image yet?
Quote from: zorgon on February 05, 2016, 03:41:58 AM
4.5 cm?
Have we determined the SCALE of the image yet?
its more or less in front of the rover
(http://i.imgur.com/wuMCgcd.jpg)
small , yet too perfectly formed for something that fell, no sign of disturbance in the surrounding sand
funbox
Okay I had to go look to get the scale :D
Got it now
(http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/proj/msl/redops/ods/surface/sol/01244/opgs/edr/rcam/RLB_507930617EDR_F0521370RHAZ00311M_-br2.jpg)
Quote from: the seeker on February 04, 2016, 03:09:14 PM
it looks like a piece of armor clad electrical cable, normally called BX; probably a scrap piece that finally fell off the rover...
Considering the size and the fact that it wasn't there in the early photos perhaps the rover dropped one of these
Curiosity Rover Drill bits
(http://i.imgur.com/0edbtAq.jpg)