Zakiamon
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MARS.
Apr 13, 2023 8:48 PM
Zakiamon
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MARS.
Zakiamon
Big snake?
RetrogradeLlama
Backbone of a sea monster. Why do you ask?
DontcallmeRooster
Krayt dragon
deadtedw
Cat hair. You can clean and clean and clean, but there's always more.
soon
What the link you copied it from say it was?
TheHelleri
Firstly, make sure it's from NASA. There are a lot of images that have been stamped as if from NASA, but simply are not.
warmyourbeans
Swamp gas.
intercitydude
A really old turbine
therandombagofmeat
cosinewave
They are interesting and I am sure the dark corners of the Internet have come up with their own crazy ideas. I am leaving it to the experts to do the analysis.
CrankyCook
Stardust..
SteveMND
So, the common theory I've seen around is that since these are chunks of sandstone-esque rock, the 'spikes' are probably from a harder layer of stone that was a little more resistant to weathering and thus were worn away less than the other layers. When those harder layers did start to weather, it started to chip, and those chips, in turn, weathered more quickly until you had little pieces left. The spikes are then eventually weathered away (which is some layers have different numbers of them).
CloakedFigure
Looks like dirt
SpeedBeetle
Because natural erosion is less dramatic than earth, rocks wear down at different rates on Mars. Here you can see a layer wearing down much more slowly than the surrounding layers. It's a bit weird looking, but just a normal rock.
MyNipplesTalk
Earth?
HapilyDamaged
Mars http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/232135?fbclid=IwAR1MXfigyIre8EsELjH3xeN9jN6XN4orN9Z6GfjC9A-8XVPIhaEBzVAaIU0
ZaphodBbx
Joke's on you: That's an image from one of the Mars rovers.
MyNipplesTalk
joke's on me
MyNipplesTalk
Stone that formed spikes?
YuffieK
Wind erosion.
isetprettygirlsonfire
Geologist here, feim all available data they appear to be differential weathering. Harder minerals that are worn away less by the windblown sand/dust.
3rdoption
Petrified spine of a sandworm.
JustDriftingAboutTheInterWebs
Loch Ness monster bones, obviously.
ChanceVLuck
Looks like a big red arrow but I could be wrong.
besn
HapilyDamaged
A closer look http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/232135?fbclid=IwAR1MXfigyIre8EsELjH3xeN9jN6XN4orN9Z6GfjC9A-8XVPIhaEBzVAaIU0
SteveMND
Yeah, they're not nearly as weird when you see the entire rubble field of similarly-weathered rock.
HapilyDamaged
the spikes are just a denser material than the surrounding rock. some crystal formation I'd guess.
Zakiamon
Not all hero's wear capes sir/madam.
masiakasaurus
We're not sure but it's believed to be a natural formation perhaps
Zakiamon
i hope so!.
TheSlouchOfBethlehem
If we ever get a no-shit picture of alien artifacts it'll have to rise above a lot of well-honed, well-deserved ridicule to be recognized
Zakiamon
Lets pray for whistleblowers!.
YuffieK
Not an artifact, but a ventifact. (rocks shaped by wind erosion)
deadtedw
Well, that blows.
ElbowDeepInAHorse
The Fremen call him Shai-Hulud.
horseman05
SpiteLip
Old Father Eternity. Bless the Maker and His water. Bless the coming and going of Him. May His passage cleanse the world. May He keep the world for His people.