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Title: What is this on Mars?
Post by: Jesse on November 30, 2018, 06:31:51 PM: Ant hill? Looks fairly interesting
Title: Re: What is this on Mars?
Post by: Gopher Gary on November 30, 2018, 07:29:03 PM: :orly:
Title: Re: What is this on Mars?
Post by: Gopher Gary on November 30, 2018, 07:35:57 PM: I just looked and it's probably manmade. The curiosity rover has been drilling holes and collecting samples. :dunno:
Title: Re: What is this on Mars?
Post by: Jesse on November 30, 2018, 08:18:25 PM: Probably. I don't see any rover tracks near there but perhaps it has a robotic arm and stretched out
Title: Re: What is this on Mars?
Post by: Calandale on December 01, 2018, 06:33:58 AM: manhill?
Title: Re: What is this on Mars?
Post by: Gopher Gary on December 01, 2018, 08:11:02 AM: Quote from: Jesse on November 30, 2018, 08:18:25 PM
Probably. I don't see any rover tracks near there but perhaps it has a robotic arm and stretched out

There's a lack of perspective for size. The hole is small, about half an inch wide and two inches deep, and the rover does have an arm. :orly:
Title: Re: What is this on Mars?
Post by: Jesse on December 01, 2018, 09:14:11 AM: Quote from: Calandale on December 01, 2018, 06:33:58 AM
manhill?
One could only hope the smaller the hole the cuter they are. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What is this on Mars?
Post by: Jesse on December 01, 2018, 09:14:50 AM: Quote from: Gopher Gary on December 01, 2018, 08:11:02 AM
Quote from: Jesse on November 30, 2018, 08:18:25 PM
Probably. I don't see any rover tracks near there but perhaps it has a robotic arm and stretched out
There's a lack of perspective for size. The hole is small, about half an inch wide and two inches deep, and the rover does have an arm. :orly:
:orly:
Title: Re: What is this on Mars?
Post by: Lestat on December 02, 2018, 06:06:26 AM: The size would appear to preclude its being a remnant of volcanism, my best guesses would be either a micrometeorite impact, or it's being manmade, should be easy enough to find out if it is manmade though, by cross-matching the region with areas that automated rovers are known to have operated in. Although of course, if it is in such an area, it would be difficult to guess which, without very precise data,
Title: Re: What is this on Mars?
Post by: Jesse on December 02, 2018, 11:36:02 AM: :plus:
Title: Re: What is this on Mars?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on December 02, 2018, 10:06:34 PM: Quote from: Gopher Gary on November 30, 2018, 07:35:57 PM
I just looked and it's probably manmade. The curiosity rover has been drilling holes and collecting samples. :dunno:

I have no idea why, but I've read that post a couple of times and each time I think it says "it's probably marmalade".
Title: Re: What is this on Mars?
Post by: Gopher Gary on December 02, 2018, 10:43:05 PM: :lol1:
Title: Re: What is this on Mars?
Post by: odeon on December 04, 2018, 08:01:25 AM: Quote from: Minister of silly walks on December 02, 2018, 10:06:34 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on November 30, 2018, 07:35:57 PM
I just looked and it's probably manmade. The curiosity rover has been drilling holes and collecting samples. :dunno:

I have no idea why, but I've read that post a couple of times and each time I think it says "it's probably marmalade".

I like your version.
Title: Re: What is this on Mars?
Post by: Genesis on December 16, 2018, 07:01:34 PM: :orly: :orly:
Title: Re: What is this on Mars?
Post by: sg1008 on December 16, 2018, 07:09:10 PM: Quote from: odeon on December 04, 2018, 08:01:25 AM
Quote from: Minister of silly walks on December 02, 2018, 10:06:34 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on November 30, 2018, 07:35:57 PM
I just looked and it's probably manmade. The curiosity rover has been drilling holes and collecting samples. :dunno:

I have no idea why, but I've read that post a couple of times and each time I think it says "it's probably marmalade".

I like your version.

:agreed:

Ah yes. Marmalade has struck again.