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Old August 11th 03, 02:41 PM
BenignVanilla
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"G=EMC^2 Glazier" wrote in message
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Fine sand is like water,and earth's deserts can be dangerous because of
that. An area of Mars with large boulders is not a good landing spot
The poles could be tricky because the frozen CO2 might be very
crumbly.and possibly give off a low level fog. I would like if a lander
came down to show the Mars face,not that I believe it was made by life
forms. I have a picture of the face that looks like it has a faint
rectangular wall all around it. Nature does not make rectangular large
structures,and that is my reason for finding it interesting. Bert


Bert...funny you bring this up. I was just reading about it this weekend. I
googled up 'Hubble' and went to the official site. On that site they have a
picture of the Mars face as Viking (I think it was Viking?) saw it, as a
face. Modern tech, shows us that the face was really just the result of low
quality imaging and shadows. A more accurate photo shows nothing of
interest. I wish I had the URL handy to share, but I am at work now and
don't have it. I am sure you can find it using google.

BV.


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Old August 11th 03, 08:04 PM
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During a perfect moment of peace at Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:41:25 -0400,
"BenignVanilla" interrupted
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I wish I had the URL handy to share, but I am at work now and
don't have it. I am sure you can find it using google.


Try

http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/...003_40perc.gif

and

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/mgs_cydonia.html

Not to mention that NASA have only two pages on the first one hundred
google hits. Sad really.

Dave "Hopes Lan Fleming is not listening, Hi Lan!" Barlow
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Old August 12th 03, 12:29 PM
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"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
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"G=EMC^2 Glazier" wrote in message
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Fine sand is like water,and earth's deserts can be dangerous because of
that. An area of Mars with large boulders is not a good landing spot
The poles could be tricky because the frozen CO2 might be very
crumbly.and possibly give off a low level fog. I would like if a lander
came down to show the Mars face,not that I believe it was made by life
forms. I have a picture of the face that looks like it has a faint
rectangular wall all around it. Nature does not make rectangular large
structures,and that is my reason for finding it interesting. Bert


Yes nature does and, besides, the mesa the "face" sits on is only roughly
rectangular.

RM


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Old August 12th 03, 01:18 PM
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RM Interesting you claim nature creates rectangular shaped large
objects I can''t think orf one (help me) Bert

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Old August 12th 03, 03:34 PM
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"G=EMC^2 Glazier" wrote in message
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RM Interesting you claim nature creates rectangular shaped large
objects I can''t think orf one (help me) Bert


Bert...look at some of the Mesa's out west. They look like square buildings.
Oh, and a few weeks back someone posted that weird picture of the
rectangular nebulae!!! And I must admit, I have met some complete squares in
my life.

BV.


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Old August 12th 03, 04:49 PM
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Check the Mesas in the American southwest for shape. Many are of a
rectangular shape.

Dave Nagel

G=EMC^2 Glazier wrote:
RM Interesting you claim nature creates rectangular shaped large
objects I can''t think orf one (help me) Bert


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Old August 12th 03, 06:45 PM
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Hi David G I have seen Arizona's Monument Valley. You do bring out a
good point,but a far cry the way nature makes almost perfect spheres.
Still I will except what you say as a very good reference since we are
talking about the rectangular plateau the face is mounted on.
Bert

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Old August 19th 03, 02:37 PM
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Nature uses explosions to save time. Why can't we set of explosions on
Mars surface,and see what is down say 35ft .Not H-Bomb but chemical
explosions. It would be cheaper and faster than much more effective
than drilling through a surface of fine sand(sand would pour into the
hole continually as the drill bit went down Bert

 




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