Help with some Mars foolishness

Can someone help me explain what this is, instead
of the weird and wild speculations that are going on
about it?
http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/e...iedtubesys.htm

Or http://tinyurl.com/4q4hq

I get the feeling that this image has been very modified from the
original.


Thanks in advance.
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Member,Board of Directors, afa-b, SKEP-TI-CULT® #15-51506-253.
AFA-B Official Pollster & Hammer of Thor winner - August 2004
You can email me at: DrPostman(at)gmail.com

"I venture to say there is no one writing on the
Internet today who is providing a greater purpose
for mankind than that found in my writings."
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DrPostman wrote:
Can someone help me explain what this is, instead
of the weird and wild speculations that are going on
about it?
http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/e...iedtubesys.htm

Or http://tinyurl.com/4q4hq

I get the feeling that this image has been very modified from the
original.


Thanks in advance.
--
DrPostman USPS, MBMC, BsD; "Disgruntled, But Unarmed"
Member,Board of Directors, afa-b, SKEP-TI-CULT® #15-51506-253.
AFA-B Official Pollster & Hammer of Thor winner - August 2004
You can email me at: DrPostman(at)gmail.com

"I venture to say there is no one writing on the
Internet today who is providing a greater purpose
for mankind than that found in my writings."
- Felonious Ray, destroyer of irony meters


We there is a link to the original MOC image at the bottom of the page.

http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/m07_.../M1200441.html

So we can make comparisons to determine if it was altered.


--
Mark C. Farrington
http://stellar.heroeshideaway.com

"DrPostman" wrote in message
...
Can someone help me explain what this is, instead
of the weird and wild speculations that are going on
about it?
http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/e...iedtubesys.htm

I did a search on the Malin Space Science Systems web site for this image, and
could not find it. However, I did find it on the Mars Global Surveyor site.
Here is a link to the original image:

http://ida.wr.usgs.gov/html/m12004/m1200441.html


The description on the page says "Sample trough with dark floor in S polar
terrain". Unfortunately, I think you need to see images on either side of this
image (especially to the west) to get a clear idea of exactly what this feature
is. On the same page is a Viking image of the same area. It has a wider
perspective, and it appears to be a trough that widens out to the west, so it
may not be as straight-sided as it might appear from that single image. I think
that without more images of this area, it is just another case of someone making
more out of it than it actually is. I don't have time to search for a matching
adjacent image, if it even exists. It certainly doesn't appear to me to be
artificial.

"Mark C. Farrington" wrote in message
. ..
DrPostman wrote:
Can someone help me explain what this is, instead
of the weird and wild speculations that are going on
about it?
http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/e...iedtubesys.htm

Or http://tinyurl.com/4q4hq

I get the feeling that this image has been very modified from the original.


Thanks in advance.
--
DrPostman USPS, MBMC, BsD; "Disgruntled, But Unarmed"
Member,Board of Directors, afa-b, SKEP-TI-CULT® #15-51506-253. AFA-B Official
Pollster & Hammer of Thor winner - August 2004
You can email me at: DrPostman(at)gmail.com

"I venture to say there is no one writing on the Internet today who is
providing a greater purpose for mankind than that found in my writings."
- Felonious Ray, destroyer of irony meters


We there is a link to the original MOC image at the bottom of the page.

http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/m07_.../M1200441.html

So we can make comparisons to determine if it was altered.


--
Mark C. Farrington
http://stellar.heroeshideaway.com

I downloaded that version of the image, and enhanced it a little to increase the
resolution, and added a little false color to it so that the features can be
better distinguished. Here is a link to it, if anyone wants to look at it for
comparison purposes:

http://home.insightbb.com/~jryates/M1200441_clr.jpg

"George" wrote in message
news:VnXOd.52227$4I2.8878@attbi_s01...

"DrPostman" wrote in message
...
Can someone help me explain what this is, instead
of the weird and wild speculations that are going on
about it?
http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/e...iedtubesys.htm

I did a search on the Malin Space Science Systems web site for this image, and
could not find it. However, I did find it on the Mars Global Surveyor site.
Here is a link to the original image:

http://ida.wr.usgs.gov/html/m12004/m1200441.html


The description on the page says "Sample trough with dark floor in S polar
terrain". Unfortunately, I think you need to see images on either side of
this image (especially to the west) to get a clear idea of exactly what this
feature is. On the same page is a Viking image of the same area. It has a
wider perspective, and it appears to be a trough that widens out to the west,
so it may not be as straight-sided as it might appear from that single image.
I think that without more images of this area, it is just another case of
someone making more out of it than it actually is. I don't have time to
search for a matching adjacent image, if it even exists. It certainly doesn't
appear to me to be artificial.

By the way, what is the temperature at the Martian south pole? About -120 C, or
so in the winter?

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 05:44:44 GMT, "George"
in accordance with The Prophecy
scribed:


"Mark C. Farrington" wrote in message
...
DrPostman wrote:
Can someone help me explain what this is, instead
of the weird and wild speculations that are going on
about it?
http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/e...iedtubesys.htm

Or http://tinyurl.com/4q4hq

I get the feeling that this image has been very modified from the original.


Thanks in advance.
--
DrPostman USPS, MBMC, BsD; "Disgruntled, But Unarmed"
Member,Board of Directors, afa-b, SKEP-TI-CULT® #15-51506-253. AFA-B Official
Pollster & Hammer of Thor winner - August 2004
You can email me at: DrPostman(at)gmail.com

"I venture to say there is no one writing on the Internet today who is
providing a greater purpose for mankind than that found in my writings."
- Felonious Ray, destroyer of irony meters


We there is a link to the original MOC image at the bottom of the page.

http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/m07_.../M1200441.html

So we can make comparisons to determine if it was altered.


--
Mark C. Farrington
http://stellar.heroeshideaway.com

I downloaded that version of the image, and enhanced it a little to increase the
resolution, and added a little false color to it so that the features can be
better distinguished. Here is a link to it, if anyone wants to look at it for
comparison purposes:

http://home.insightbb.com/~jryates/M1200441_clr.jpg



It still looks like it gives the woo woos ammunition to claim it's a
tube of some kind.





--
DrPostman USPS, MBMC, BsD; "Disgruntled, But Unarmed"
Member,Board of Directors, afa-b, SKEP-TI-CULT® #15-51506-253.
AFA-B Official Pollster & Hammer of Thor winner - August 2004
You can email me at: DrPostman(at)gmail.com

"I venture to say there is no one writing on the
Internet today who is providing a greater purpose
for mankind than that found in my writings."
- Felonious Ray, destroyer of irony meters

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 05:28:21 GMT, "George"
in accordance with The Prophecy
scribed:


"DrPostman" wrote in message
.. .
Can someone help me explain what this is, instead
of the weird and wild speculations that are going on
about it?
http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/e...iedtubesys.htm

I did a search on the Malin Space Science Systems web site for this image, and
could not find it. However, I did find it on the Mars Global Surveyor site.
Here is a link to the original image:

http://ida.wr.usgs.gov/html/m12004/m1200441.html


The description on the page says "Sample trough with dark floor in S polar
terrain". Unfortunately, I think you need to see images on either side of this
image (especially to the west) to get a clear idea of exactly what this feature
is. On the same page is a Viking image of the same area. It has a wider
perspective, and it appears to be a trough that widens out to the west, so it
may not be as straight-sided as it might appear from that single image. I think
that without more images of this area, it is just another case of someone making
more out of it than it actually is. I don't have time to search for a matching
adjacent image, if it even exists. It certainly doesn't appear to me to be
artificial.



Context is everything, except when a kook tries to make a claim.
Thanks, that page will help a lot.




--
DrPostman USPS, MBMC, BsD; "Disgruntled, But Unarmed"
Member,Board of Directors, afa-b, SKEP-TI-CULT® #15-51506-253.
AFA-B Official Pollster & Hammer of Thor winner - August 2004
You can email me at: DrPostman(at)gmail.com

"I venture to say there is no one writing on the
Internet today who is providing a greater purpose
for mankind than that found in my writings."
- Felonious Ray, destroyer of irony meters

"DrPostman" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 05:28:21 GMT, "George"
in accordance with The Prophecy
scribed:


"DrPostman" wrote in message
. ..
Can someone help me explain what this is, instead
of the weird and wild speculations that are going on
about it?
http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/e...iedtubesys.htm

I did a search on the Malin Space Science Systems web site for this image, and
could not find it. However, I did find it on the Mars Global Surveyor site.
Here is a link to the original image:

http://ida.wr.usgs.gov/html/m12004/m1200441.html


The description on the page says "Sample trough with dark floor in S polar
terrain". Unfortunately, I think you need to see images on either side of
this
image (especially to the west) to get a clear idea of exactly what this
feature
is. On the same page is a Viking image of the same area. It has a wider
perspective, and it appears to be a trough that widens out to the west, so it
may not be as straight-sided as it might appear from that single image. I
think
that without more images of this area, it is just another case of someone
making
more out of it than it actually is. I don't have time to search for a
matching
adjacent image, if it even exists. It certainly doesn't appear to me to be
artificial.



Context is everything, except when a kook tries to make a claim.
Thanks, that page will help a lot.





No problem.