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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 11:29 AM Mar 2015

weird.....http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images....photo... this is weird

Straight from Nasa JPL raw data photo
check it out yourself....put photo in another window don't view it just in this op.




section to look at




add filters which is not photoshopping it.




and there we go........... weird





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weird.....http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images....photo... this is weird (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Mar 2015 OP
Martians were reptilian? Renew Deal Mar 2015 #1
looks more like mezo american stonework Ichingcarpenter Mar 2015 #3
Love this! zappaman Mar 2015 #2
Well, the "teeth" are JPG artifacts William Seger Mar 2015 #4
As for the "eye" ... William Seger Mar 2015 #5
ab0ve top secret site leaders said the arifacts Ichingcarpenter Mar 2015 #6
Do you have a link? (n/t) William Seger Mar 2015 #7

Renew Deal

(81,855 posts)
1. Martians were reptilian?
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 11:39 AM
Mar 2015

Cool

Of course the question whether it is a freak shape or some sort of fossil. I imagine they'd be able to find more if it's for real. Any possibility it is man made by the robot operators?

William Seger

(10,778 posts)
4. Well, the "teeth" are JPG artifacts
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 01:50 PM
Mar 2015

JPG compression operates on 8x8 pixel squares, so it frequently causes artifacts that also fall in 8x8 squares. Your images have been enlarged with an algorithm that smooths our pixelization (intentionally, to make a nicer looking image), but a straight pixel enlargement and histogram adjustment show that the "teeth" align with other JPG artifacts:


William Seger

(10,778 posts)
5. As for the "eye" ...
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 06:44 PM
Mar 2015

... it appears it could be some type of mineral concretion or nodule which sometimes form in sedimentary rock shortly after deposition (e.g. sand or mud at the bottom of a lake or sea) but before the sediments completely solidify into rock.


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