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Free Associating On The Surface Of Mars

Posted by timothy on from the stream-of-less-consciousness dept.

jdaily writes "Apparently, while NASA scientists are busy analyzing the more than 10 gigabits of data returned by the rovers thus far, earnest space enthusiasts are dissecting the images and reporting discoveries of fossils, letters of the alphabet, and a white bunny. The 'Net really needs a kook hall of fame."

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  1. Hall of fame by noselasd · · Score: 4, Informative

    Seems there already is a crank hall of fame. Thisone didn't reach that site yet though.

    1. Re:Hall of fame by sporktoast · · Score: 4, Informative

      Back in the day, Donna Kossy was always the first person to turn to for this sort of thing. She's still around, if you are looking for this sort of stuff in dead tree format.

      If you look around, you can find a couple of good sites around that carry the torch.

      --
      In a related story, the IRS has recently ruled that the cost of Windows upgrades can NOT be deducted as a gambling loss.
  2. Actually, the fossil picture is pretty interesting by mosel-saar-ruwer · · Score: 5, Informative

    Check it out:
    http://www.enterprisemission.com/images/Spirit/Fos sil.jpg
    Granted, it's probably just a tire track, or something, but, last I checked, they hadn't outlawed armchair quarterbacking...

  3. Definitely not that... by mynameis+(mother+... · · Score: 3, Informative
    Eeeks, you've all slid down the same slippery slope :)
    Granted, it's probably just a tire track, or something

    If you notice the raw image names given, they begin with:

    1M131201699EFF

    1M131212854EFF 1------------- Opportunity
    -M------------ Microscopic Imager
    --iiiiiiiii--- Time taken, unsigned integer seconds since ?MEpoch?...
    -----------EFF Full-Frame 'EDR' (not linearized)
    #man meredr

    So those two images are both 'microscopic.'
    Tire tracks? Did Opportunity goof off and play with some MicroMachines(tm) for 3 hours? ;)

    There are lots of unusual objects, particularly in micro images. Being genious enough to know I'm an idiot; I go 'hmm can't wait until someone explains the process that makes that biological looking shape.'