Creative Speculation
Related: About this forumweird.....http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images....photo... this is weird
Straight from Nasa JPL raw data photo
check it out yourself....put photo in another window don't view it just in this op.
section to look at
add filters which is not photoshopping it.
and there we go........... weird
Renew Deal
(82,929 posts)Cool
Of course the question whether it is a freak shape or some sort of fossil. I imagine they'd be able to find more if it's for real. Any possibility it is man made by the robot operators?
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)?v=1379840934
the robot operators never went over there.
zappaman
(20,617 posts)William Seger
(11,040 posts)JPG compression operates on 8x8 pixel squares, so it frequently causes artifacts that also fall in 8x8 squares. Your images have been enlarged with an algorithm that smooths our pixelization (intentionally, to make a nicer looking image), but a straight pixel enlargement and histogram adjustment show that the "teeth" align with other JPG artifacts:
William Seger
(11,040 posts)... it appears it could be some type of mineral concretion or nodule which sometimes form in sedimentary rock shortly after deposition (e.g. sand or mud at the bottom of a lake or sea) but before the sediments completely solidify into rock.
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)agreed with your synopsis.
but *I still think its cool
William Seger
(11,040 posts)Last edited Thu Mar 19, 2015, 08:15 PM - Edit history (1)
(Edit: never mind -- found it: http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1049460/pg1 )