The Press and the Man on Mars |
The Press and the Man on Mars |
Jan 23 2008, 04:35 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 267 Joined: 5-February 06 Member No.: 675 |
I was just about to turn in, when I saw CNN displaying a photo of a rock formation that looked like a man. I checked here and no one had discussed it, which is a sign of real good sense. On GOOGLE news it was only in the Times (London) and the Sun.
I apologize for offending this group's sanity by bringing it up but if anyone knows where the image is from, could we get an estimate of the size of the "manlike" rock formation. My guess is about 10-30 cm high. Steve M |
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Jan 23 2008, 08:52 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
We were reluctant to let this topic happen at UMSF - but over my morning tea ( Dan - what were you thinking! ) I figure we can so the same for this as we did for the 'puddles' with Burns Cliff.
Lets rip it apart. Let's identify the location, the size, and give the media some facts. http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/spirit_p1367.html ( top row ) Left http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...CP2415L7M1.HTML Right http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...CP2415R1M1.HTML Where's that parallax-to-range calculating webpage? 347 px in the left frame, 215 px in the right frame, and approx 13 x 28 pixels in total Damn - http://copperas.com/merpx/ is broken Doug |
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Jan 23 2008, 04:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
but over my morning tea ( Dan - what were you thinking! ) How Amero-centric of me I hang my head in shame. I should probably walk over to the authentic pub near my office for lunch today and order the bangers and mash with a few pints of Fullers for a cultural refresher lesson. In fact I probably ought to spend the entire afternoon there. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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