WHOA! A Head From A Broken Statue On Mars?

[Sgt.Rocknroll]

Pic source? File name of original?

[Mikesingh]

Pic source? File name of original?

Sure! I'm an idiot for not providing the source! Apologies!

But I hasten to add that though I'm providing the source, you'll have to zoom in and find the tracks yourself! Now don't pull your hair out in exasperation! It's pretty easy!!

Image - lo3-72-h2c
Here - Link

And here's one more for the road in full zoom mode...



Cheers!

[rdunk]

Hello Miksingh! My first post here.  I am looking forward to joining in the discussions and postings.

The "head of the statue" in the OP I too have seen before in a Rover photo. Actually, I have also seen it in a photo from the side which is about opposite this view. What one can see in that photo are two more "faces" carved in stone. So, there are actually three faces there instead of one.

Having three together like this kinda takes away the question of authenticity, while raising the question of why are these faces here.

One slight problem, I don't have that opposite photo handy, and will have to go back to the Rover site and find it again - then i will post it.

[zorgon]

so i see the face in your rock and show you two in a tree

Nice Ent... didn't have that one yet in the collection... thanks

Oh you DO know about the Ents, right?

[rdunk]

I agree with what Darren says. Here's another what looks like a statue on a rock face on Mars posted earlier on thelivingmoon....



Needless to say, this could be a natural config, but it's intriguing all the same!

Cheers! 

Hey Mike, I too have see this before, and in my opinion, it is a really neat anomaly. It has gotten a lot of discussion when posted. To me, there is nothing natural here at all. I believe this is at Victoria Crater, and is a part of Cape St. Vincent. When you look at the entire area, there are several other anomalous items. I will post a link here, to Cape St. Vincent so all who are interested can take a look at it too.

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/207023main_vincent-20071220.jpg

Of course, you will need to magnify/zoom in a little to see better detail.

[Lunica]

Just to add an example of the size. (I used more or less the measurements Internos posted on ATS)

The cliff in this image from Opportunity's panoramic camera (Pancam) is informally named Cape St. Vincent. It is a promontory approximately 12 meters (39 feet) tall on the northern rim of Victoria crater, near the farthest point along the rover's traverse around the rim.

Well, of course I dont know how to measure the 12 meters correctly and the scale is not exactly right, but it gives an idea of that size.



This statue would be rather small looking at this example. My feeling says its bigger. But certainly not like 10 meters tall? 

[sky otter]

Quote from: sky otter on January 12, 2012, 11:57:56 PM
so i see the face in your rock and show you two in a tree

Nice Ent... didn't have that one yet in the collection... thanks

Oh you DO know about the Ents, right?

Ents..ahhhhhhhhh i don't think so..but maybe a bit more info would help..

i find language so diverse most of the time
you know...........PA-ta-Toe.......Pa-TAT-O..............same/different sounding..lol
so do tell....

[rdunk]

Yes Lunica, tthe cliff od tge Cape does look taller than 12 meters, to me to. But, then there just is no other know reference in the photo, so. wjatever tall that little Egyptian-looking statue is, is fine with me.

There is another statue at this Cape. I found it on my own, and have never mentioned it, or posted it. Months ago, I was reading through the long thread on this subject, and a guy excitedly posted that he had just joined so he could mention this other statue, and made a description about where it was. (it was the same as I had found) I don't think anyone replied to him on it.

I you want to see it, it is near the top of the cliff, above the Egyptian, and toward us a little. It is a sculpted man, with a very fat belly, sitting in a chair. Part of the pic appears to be messed with, but, if you look, with magnification you can see him. Quite a different thing!!

[The Seeker]

Yes Lunica, tthe cliff od tge Cape does look taller than 12 meters, to me to. But, then there just is no other know reference in the photo, so. wjatever tall that little Egyptian-looking statue is, is fine with me.

There is another statue at this Cape. I found it on my own, and have never mentioned it, or posted it. Months ago, I was reading through the long thread on this subject, and a guy excitedly posted that he had just joined so he could mention this other statue, and made a description about where it was. (it was the same as I had found) I don't think anyone replied to him on it.

I you want to see it, it is near the top of the cliff, above the Egyptian, and toward us a little. It is a sculpted man, with a very fat belly, sitting in a chair. Part of the pic appears to be messed with, but, if you look, with magnification you can see him. Quite a different thing!!

Hi rd; I have scrutinized the image and can't seem to spot your fat man in the chair; could you post a high-lighted (circle, arrow, etc.) so I will know the area in question?

My humble opinion is there are indeed many artifacts on the red planet that we just aren't allowed to know about... I'm still wondering who dusted off the solar panels on the rover.


seeker

[rdunk]

 Hi rd; I have scrutinized the image and can't seem to spot your fat man in the chair; could you post a high-lighted (circle, arrow, etc.) so I will know the area in question?
.....................................................................................
Hey seeker, it is not the best statue ever anyway! I will post a screenshot for you and everyone, maybe to help you find it in the full pic. as I said, it does look like it has been messed with. While it is on the side of the cliff, it pretty much blends in with the cliff.

[The Seeker]

OK, I found it; also there are several more oddities scattered thru out that particular photo that resemble faces, some human, some not...

thanks for sharing. 


seeker

[rdunk]

OK, I found it; also there are several more oddities scattered thru out that particular photo that resemble faces, some human, some not...

thanks for sharing. 


seeker

Thanks seeker, I am glad you found it! As I said, anomalies are just all over this area.

I will post a screenshot of another anomaly here, that is just a little way to the left of this fat-man statue. It is a large and very visible number "2". I shows up "clear as day". Now, just why, or how, does a numerical #2 show up on the face of the Mars Victoria Crater cliffside??  Does that fact strike anyone else here as being a bit strange, especially in view of what is portrayed to us, and the world, by NASA??? Certainly, numbers we recognize don't just materialize out of thin air!!!

Well, you can also find this #2 in the full photo of the cliff, magnified. I will post that link again here also, for the convenience of everyone.

[rdunk]

Error corrected in prior post!

[Darren1976]

Nice Ent... didn't have that one yet in the collection... thanks

Oh you DO know about the Ents, right?

As in "the Lord of the Rings" right?

[arc]

Sure! I'm an idiot for not providing the source! Apologies!

But I hasten to add that though I'm providing the source, you'll have to zoom in and find the tracks yourself! Now don't pull your hair out in exasperation! It's pretty easy!!
Cheers!

Interesting picture Mike
There is more than one set of "tracks" in it if you download the tif and view. The other set further down the image  appear to descend over the edge of the crater itself... And others just appear/disappear on the surface.

They also appear to continue across some small craters, sort of ruling out a direct-impact-path-gouge by an incoming low angle meteor...

We must also consider pressure and fault lines from surface impacts and movement.
The photo is from approx 50km up...

PP Latitude    -0.8
PP Longitude    24.3
Corrected Resolution (meters)    0.8
Altitude (km)    49.9
Incidence Angle    67
Emission Angle    23

its worth a second look...

arc