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Interesting photograph.
March 13, 2004
I am crossposting this because it is so darn cool. jacob navia wrote: At the Mars Path Finder site, you can see a rock covered with small blue round stuff. http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/...atsuperres.jpg They didn't carry a microscope that time. Sejourner was just too small. Now *that* is pretty darn interesting. Meet 'Barnacle Bill' : http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/...nsPanglyph.jpg Here is the available spectroscopy. http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/ops/apxs-bb1.html http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/...x-res2-ox.html Looks like there are a lot of 'spherule' producing 'rocks' in the area. http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/...rnacleBill.jpg And finally, we have 'Chimp' : http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/ops/Sol72_Chimp.gif Remember, we now think this is on the top layer of sediment of a flood plain leading into a former ocean. http://mars.sgi.com/science/mineralogy.html "If they are fully crystalline igneous rocks," "We do not presently know whether these are igneous (crystallized from a melt), sedimentary (grains/fragments deposited by wind or water or precipitates), or metamorphic rocks (deformed)." Andesite my ass. Yet another Hap McSween screwup. Welcome to the new Mars. Thomas Lee Elifritz http://elifritz.members.atlantic.net |
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Interesting photograph.
"Thomas Lee Elifritz" skrev i en meddelelse ... March 13, 2004 snip Looks like there are a lot of 'spherule' producing 'rocks' in the area. http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/...rnacleBill.jpg Yes, in particular given your strong desire to see so. snip Andesite my ass. Yet another Hap McSween screwup. Another Elifrits-style contribution to the debate. |
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Interesting photograph.
Thomas Lee Elifritz wrote in message ...
March 13, 2004 Remember, we now think this is on the top layer of sediment of a flood plain leading into a former ocean. http://mars.sgi.com/science/mineralogy.html "If they are fully crystalline igneous rocks," "We do not presently know whether these are igneous (crystallized from a melt), sedimentary (grains/fragments deposited by wind or water or precipitates), or metamorphic rocks (deformed)." Andesite my ass. Yet another Hap McSween screwup. Well back then several people and me included pointed to the fact that the Pathfinder's place is full of rocks with features that could not be easily explained in NASA's "official" theory. The main problem was the vast quantity of features that seemed to cover the existent rocks and seemed to outgrow from the ground. There was also patches that Soujorner showed to be more weird when observed at short range. One of them was the "dish" covering one rock at the center. The "dish" grew a little bit over the rock and had also suggested a segmentation going into the ground. So, many started talking about liquens, Martian "plants", "algaes" (even in dried form!) and several other things. I joined the trend as there was a lot of evidence for biological footprints there. Unfortunately the main trend took to the circus played by Hoagland and some, that seemed to find pyramids and faces in every corner of the surface (this seemed contagious as we see now about Spirit's place). Besides, NASA made a lot of fuss about "Martian Humour" pointing to Elvis leaving the stage and BigFoot entering it. In fact all looked as a strong desmise of independent and subscientific research. Meanwhile, several questions remained. NASA never gave a clear explanation for the outgrowths but the most important question was the level of carbon found at Pathfinder. Back then, they said their instruments could not measure directly carbon but an estimate could be done and they would publish soon. An year ago I decided to find if they published it. I came into an old fragment of old Pathfinder's site where the promess still remained... Welcome to the new Mars. I think it's more Rekall, Rekall, Rekall... Thomas Lee Elifritz http://elifritz.members.atlantic.net |
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