Comments on: Pining for Mars

By: Estructuras artificiales en Marte. Últimos datos.”LA CONEXIÓN EGIPCIA” « Omniverso Fractal

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:39:49 +0000

[...] ya han acudido al rescate de nuestra ignorancia, con su sabia y elocuente explicación para esta imagen y las cientos que presentan anomalías. Todo era cuestión de simple pareidolia, es decir, que [...]

By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:15:00 +0000

It’s Log! Log! It’s big, it’s heavy it’s not real

By: Mick

Mick — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:57:08 +0000

how come it is in black and white when all the other photos from Mars have been shown in color

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:10:48 +0000

You’re all mad. That’s not even a photo of Mars. It’s like the whole “walking on the moon” conspiracy. It never happened.

By: John

John — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:59:02 +0000

No, it is not a log. Clearly it is the top of deeply buried and weathered obelesk! Now all we need are the apes throwing a bone in the air…

By: 7c0h » Pareidolia

7c0h » Pareidolia — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:07:50 +0000

[...] rojo, es bastante prolífico en ejemplos: primero fue la gigantesca cara de Cydonia, después fue un trozo de madera, una calavera y hasta una sirena. Pero volvamos a nuestro planeta. Vean la siguiente [...]

By: Leonard V. Asiimwe

Leonard V. Asiimwe — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:12:37 +0000

What’s being seen as a log is actually a highly raised vast piece of rock in form of a table mountain.the dark appearance is a shadow formed on the opposite side due to sunlight fading away the other end.notice the relative positions of the shadows on other land scapes.here i assume that the martian space has no atmospere hence we can look directly at the surface.

By: wackyvorlon

wackyvorlon — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:50:24 +0000

Wait. People actually think it’s a log? I thought they were joking!

By: They found wood on mars - Tilted Forum Project - TFP - Sexuality, Philosophy and Political Discussion

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:38:43 +0000

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By: Kobus N

Kobus N — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:06:32 +0000

Now listen, I’m South African and we love wood for “braaivleis”, barbeque.
That is wood,… hard wood. That log will burn for the whole festive season and you will be able to “braai” barbeque a whole cow with it.
Now, anybody out there who can go get the thing for us …pleeeease.

By: Perry R

Perry R — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:15:33 +0000

Not a log. That said, I find it quite preposterous that Mars is entirely sterile given what we here on earth must do to keep a few square feet the same.

By: Log, Log, Log, Log, Its Better Than Bad Its Good « The Skeptic Next Door

Log, Log, Log, Log, Its Better Than Bad Its Good « The Skeptic Next Door — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:06:53 +0000

[...] Log, Log, Log, Its Better Than Bad Its Good Bad astronomy has a picture from Opportunity of what looks like an old fence post on the surface of [...]

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:06:32 +0000

Yep its a log and BTW it’s a black and white pic of a desert here on earth too.

By: Azatarai

Azatarai — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:05:26 +0000

This post is about as exciting as dead wood.

By: Sheesh

Sheesh — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:34:32 +0000

“I mean, c’mon. A log? On Mars? Sheesh.” What a very scientific statement. Why didn’t you just name this post “Dude, Where’s my log?”. No wonder you failed at running your own site.

By: RoaldFalcon

RoaldFalcon — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:01:11 +0000

It’s a timber from the Fram, the ship that Roald Amundsen took to Mars in 1928 when he realized the south pole of Earth was not nearly enough of a challenge. Antarctica was too “sultry”.

By: beagledad

beagledad — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:33:26 +0000

No, it’s not a log.

Obviously it’s a railroad tie. The only serious question remaining is whether (1) it’s a remnant of the trans-Martian railroad built by Ras Thavas, the Master Mind of Mars; (2) a landscape tie from Jeff Spender’s herb garden; or (3) a relic of Valentine Michael Smith’s infant cradle.

By: Arcturus

Arcturus — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:03:45 +0000

Obviously these are the ruins of Noah’s Ark.

By: you

you — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:59:44 +0000

Lol,what a bunch of dolts.
I doubt they will find anything on a planet with hydrogen peroxide for an atmoshpere.It would be a great place to sterilise wounds though.

By: Alan French

Alan French — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:16:54 +0000

I like the suggestion that NASA sent a piece of wood along. I think NASA could take a lesson from cavers. I heard one story where they carried a tire way back into some remote section of cave, and then left parallel tracks along one passageway. (I can not vouch for the story’s veracity.)

Imagine NASA sending along some little fake “artifact” they could toss out in front of the rover. Of course, with all the imaginative folks studying all the images, they hardly need to pull such a trick.

The claims of subliminal advertising seem based on pareidolia, with people claiming there are suggestive images in glasses of ice and whiskey, for example.

Clear skies, Alan

By: Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:46:36 +0000

If the image had been taken near the Pathfinder landing site, a log would have made much more sense. That’s where I would have expected the log lady to roam…

By: Grand Lunar

Grand Lunar — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:29:39 +0000

I’ve seen rocks like that in Utah and Arizona! It’s proof that the rovers are in the desert southwest of the US!

By: Tom Ogletree

Tom Ogletree — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:54:41 +0000

Look folks, I’m a Master Plumber and I know a broken water main when I see it. No wonder Mars dried up, No one repaired the leak!

By: fsm

fsm — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:00:54 +0000

Isnt it obvious? Its the Captain’s log..

By: csrster

csrster — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:45:16 +0000

Why is everybody talking about the log when the much more interesting fact is that it is quite clearly is sitting on a crazy-paving patio (just see the full image at http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/n/115/1N138388278EFF2700P1994L0M1.JPG ) ?