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Mystery rock appears in front of Mars rover

 
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Mystery rock appears in front of Mars rover
After a decade of exploring the Martian surface, the scientists overseeing veteran rover Opportunity thought they’d seen it all. That was until a rock mysteriously “appeared” a few feet in front of the six-wheeled rover a few days ago.


“It’s about the size of a jelly doughnut,” Squyres told Discovery News. “It was a total surprise, we were like ‘wait a second, that wasn’t there before, it can’t be right. Oh my god! It wasn’t there before!’ We were absolutely startled.”

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I didn't see it.

Plus, every story is posted multiple times here. I have seen many versions of the same story pinned multiple days apart.
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That rocks!
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Re: Mystery rock appears in front of Mars rover
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... glad you posted it again ...
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... GLP is soooooo huge! ... so I missed the first post ...
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... maybe it is a jelly doughnut dropped by one of the martian equipment maintenance folks who routinely dust the solar panels off ...
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That rocks!
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... glad you posted it again ...
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... GLP is soooooo huge! ... so I missed the first post ...
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... maybe it is a jelly doughnut dropped by one of the martian equipment maintenance folks who routinely dust the solar panels off ...
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Is it hard to walk with your panties in a wad like that? In a 24 hour day where most people spend nearly 8 hours sleeping, 8 hours at work, 1-2 hours driving to and from work, 2-3 hours a day eating not everybody can catch every post on GLP.

rolleyes

It's new to me Evan. Thanks for posting.
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Is it hard to walk with your panties in a wad like that? In a 24 hour day where most people spend nearly 8 hours sleeping, 8 hours at work, 1-2 hours driving to and from work, 2-3 hours a day eating not everybody can catch every post on GLP.

rolleyes

It's new to me Evan. Thanks for posting.
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Re: Mystery rock appears in front of Mars rover
There's no doubt something is there and we are not being told.

The Crater Becquerel of Mars, at least, certainly holds life.

Take some high res pics from HiRise website, enlarge them sufficiently and look for yourself.
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There's no doubt something is there and we are not being told.

The Crater Becquerel of Mars, at least, certainly holds life.

Take some high res pics from HiRise website, enlarge them sufficiently and look for yourself.
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Thanks, I will check it out
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Has anyone licked it yet?
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Then go discuss there
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So what do you want? A medal or a chest to pin it on? Lol...I visit GP every day and I missed it. So, condemn me to the ranks of idiots who were stupid enough to miss it...that won't bother me a bit. And good for you, I'm so happy for you that you see everything that's posted before any one else.

That said, I studied the two photos. The right one is a little higher in contrast. The features of the "jelly doughnut sized" rock itself also appear on the first photo on the left. The right photo also shows a dark shadow on the right underside. So, the higher contrast MIGHT explain why the rock has magically appeared. However, the "rock" is moved...as if by some method the rock had been lodged from it's original position and has moved to the left. So, the explanation given in the article is plausible. However, strange that it has been dislodged and perfectly placed inches away in exactly the same position. Strange, but not impossible.
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Has anyone licked it yet?
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^What a weirdo!!

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Has anyone licked it yet?
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^What a weirdo!!

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So what do you want? A medal or a chest to pin it on? Lol...I visit GP every day and I missed it. So, condemn me to the ranks of idiots who were stupid enough to miss it...that won't bother me a bit. And good for you, I'm so happy for you that you see everything that's posted before any one else.

That said, I studied the two photos. The right one is a little higher in contrast. The features of the "jelly doughnut sized" rock itself also appear on the first photo on the left. The right photo also shows a dark shadow on the right underside. So, the higher contrast MIGHT explain why the rock has magically appeared. However, the "rock" is moved...as if by some method the rock had been lodged from it's original position and has moved to the left. So, the explanation given in the article is plausible. However, strange that it has been dislodged and perfectly placed inches away in exactly the same position. Strange, but not impossible.
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Logical explanation
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Of course, the rover controllers won't try to investigate the rock.

As soon as the rover sees anything strange, they frantically change course to get the hell away!

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Re: Mystery rock appears in front of Mars rover
Of course, the rover controllers won't try to investigate the rock.

As soon as the rover sees anything strange, they frantically change course to get the hell away!

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lol how convenient.
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So what do you want? A medal or a chest to pin it on? Lol...I visit GP every day and I missed it. So, condemn me to the ranks of idiots who were stupid enough to miss it...that won't bother me a bit. And good for you, I'm so happy for you that you see everything that's posted before any one else.

That said, I studied the two photos. The right one is a little higher in contrast. The features of the "jelly doughnut sized" rock itself also appear on the first photo on the left. The right photo also shows a dark shadow on the right underside. So, the higher contrast MIGHT explain why the rock has magically appeared. However, the "rock" is moved...as if by some method the rock had been lodged from it's original position and has moved to the left. So, the explanation given in the article is plausible. However, strange that it has been dislodged and perfectly placed inches away in exactly the same position. Strange, but not impossible.
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Logical explanation
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Lol...I try to be logical.

Not to get off topic, but you know what? The "Face on Mars" at Cydonia...everyone's preoccupied with the face...is it a face or isn't it? Well, I'll tell you what...look at the mound itself and ignore the face. It's a perfect 'U' shape, with a straight line (albeit deteriorated) at the top. The sides, especially the lower left side is perfectly smooth and looks to be intentionally smoothed. Look it up yourself. What natural force could possibly produce such a feature? I'd really like an explanation from a geophysicist on that.
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Maybe it's a life form.

There are ever so slight deviations between the two pictures, which very well could have been made by some creature passing over.

What I find strange is that pictures were taken of the same exact spot. Why?

I'd like to see all the photos in between.
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It was thrown out from under the rover by the rover's arm thing?

Possible I guess, but I'd like something more concrete than that theory.
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So what do you want? A medal or a chest to pin it on? Lol...I visit GP every day and I missed it. So, condemn me to the ranks of idiots who were stupid enough to miss it...that won't bother me a bit. And good for you, I'm so happy for you that you see everything that's posted before any one else.

That said, I studied the two photos. The right one is a little higher in contrast. The features of the "jelly doughnut sized" rock itself also appear on the first photo on the left. The right photo also shows a dark shadow on the right underside. So, the higher contrast MIGHT explain why the rock has magically appeared. However, the "rock" is moved...as if by some method the rock had been lodged from it's original position and has moved to the left. So, the explanation given in the article is plausible. However, strange that it has been dislodged and perfectly placed inches away in exactly the same position. Strange, but not impossible.
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Logical explanation
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Lol...I try to be logical.

Not to get off topic, but you know what? The "Face on Mars" at Cydonia...everyone's preoccupied with the face...is it a face or isn't it? Well, I'll tell you what...look at the mound itself and ignore the face. It's a perfect 'U' shape, with a straight line (albeit deteriorated) at the top. The sides, especially the lower left side is perfectly smooth and looks to be intentionally smoothed. Look it up yourself. What natural force could possibly produce such a feature? I'd really like an explanation from a geophysicist on that.
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Yea that's interesting. It's hard to put anything past nature though. I've seen nature produce some pretty awesome patterns and designs.

I am nowhere near a geophysicist though...so, that's all I got. lol
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Ok, i'm gonna shoot from the hip with a theory..

There are populations that exist on planets within our solar system that exist in other dimensions, i.e 4-D, 5-D etc.

We being 3_D cannot experience dimensions above our own, we can only experience this, and observe 2-D.

So the population on Mars can observe us observing Mars with the rover. Rover observes in 3-D.
Some being on Mars thought they would have some fun with us and put a rock infront of Rover's view...knowing it would freak us out!
We would not see the being as it's above 3-D but we would see the 3-D rock!

Whatcharekon?!
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Ok, i'm gonna shoot from the hip with a theory..

There are populations that exist on planets within our solar system that exist in other dimensions, i.e 4-D, 5-D etc.

We being 3_D cannot experience dimensions above our own, we can only experience this, and observe 2-D.

So the population on Mars can observe us observing Mars with the rover. Rover observes in 3-D.
Some being on Mars thought they would have some fun with us and put a rock infront of Rover's view...knowing it would freak us out!
We would not see the being as it's above 3-D but we would see the 3-D rock!

Whatcharekon?!
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It's as good a theory as any!
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Ok, i'm gonna shoot from the hip with a theory..

There are populations that exist on planets within our solar system that exist in other dimensions, i.e 4-D, 5-D etc.

We being 3_D cannot experience dimensions above our own, we can only experience this, and observe 2-D.

So the population on Mars can observe us observing Mars with the rover. Rover observes in 3-D.
Some being on Mars thought they would have some fun with us and put a rock infront of Rover's view...knowing it would freak us out!
We would not see the being as it's above 3-D but we would see the 3-D rock!

Whatcharekon?!
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Either way, that's very interesting
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Ok, i'm gonna shoot from the hip with a theory..

There are populations that exist on planets within our solar system that exist in other dimensions, i.e 4-D, 5-D etc.

We being 3_D cannot experience dimensions above our own, we can only experience this, and observe 2-D.

So the population on Mars can observe us observing Mars with the rover. Rover observes in 3-D.
Some being on Mars thought they would have some fun with us and put a rock infront of Rover's view...knowing it would freak us out!
We would not see the being as it's above 3-D but we would see the 3-D rock!

Whatcharekon?!
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1rof1

Love it!

Maybe we should see the pictures in between. hmm...

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The whole ground has shifted. Mars tremors?
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The whole ground has shifted. Mars tremors?
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Re: Mystery rock appears in front of Mars rover
Ok, i'm gonna shoot from the hip with a theory..

There are populations that exist on planets within our solar system that exist in other dimensions, i.e 4-D, 5-D etc.

We being 3_D cannot experience dimensions above our own, we can only experience this, and observe 2-D.

So the population on Mars can observe us observing Mars with the rover. Rover observes in 3-D.
Some being on Mars thought they would have some fun with us and put a rock infront of Rover's view...knowing it would freak us out!
We would not see the being as it's above 3-D but we would see the 3-D rock!

Whatcharekon?!
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1rof1

Love it!

Maybe we should see the pictures in between. hmm...
 Quoting: Esoteric Morgan


Yeah, i agree the inbetween pics would be very revealing.

Although, it's more preferable to have a video take of this, as pics won't be able to tell us if the rock just materialised there suddenly, or 'moved' into position.

There was a thread not long ago about living moving rocks, but in the linked videos about these types of rocks, they didn't just get up and wander about! It took them months to move a few cm's.
So even IF these were some kind of 'living' rocks on Mars - they'd have to be pretty amazing and move about quickly - something which rover would have observed over and over again.
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Re: Mystery rock appears in front of Mars rover
The whole ground has shifted. Mars tremors?
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Then all the other rocks and stones would be in a different position, but they're not.





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