"SHREDDED METAL" in X3D Stereo

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“SHREDDED METAL” - in X3D Stereo

Curiosity Sol 1606 M100 SW PDS by Neville Thompson

Link: http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/201201/snapshots/621748

This is a relatively complex find requiring multiple views in order to include everything.

Let’s get started.

Context View #1 is an attempt to label some, not all, of the metallic anomalies present in this section of Nev-T’s gigapan. Each of the locator dots draws your attention to something that shouldn’t be there. I feel confident in saying that 95% of everything you see in this image is artificial. Blocks, squares, pins and other less-definable items litter the landscape; this is what happens when some unimaginable force virtually obliterates an industrial area, shredding metal, machines and of course, whatever living beings were present in that fateful moment. The organic remains are long gone, the metal remains.

In Detail View #1 we get a closer look at the main item, the strangely-shaped whatever-it-was in the upper right-hand corner. Moving left and down at an angle we see bent metal and in the lower left corner, a nicely-shaped pin with a radiused end pokes out of the shadow.

In front of these items lie pieces of metal and other strange and unnatural shapes.

In Detail View #2, attention is drawn towards the boxlike item on the right. The symmetrical sides are a giveaway, but also notice the perfectly square plate on the left end with the domed area in the center. Everything else in the photo is anomalous as well.

Moving the camera back a bit in Context View #2, we see the items first presented at the top of the picture. Big chunks of metal dominate the rest of the scene, with special attention reserved for the squarish piece below the banner.

In Detail View #3 we get a closer look at the block. Notice the many blocks and cubes surrounding it, as well as the dull metallic gleam evidenced by most of them. The block itself shows non-fractal lines including right angles, milled surfaces and the hole located in the center.

Speculation wants to envision an industrial plant where large metallic items are manufactured (an automobile plant?). We see what might be bending breaks, shears, forming blocks, drop hammer parts and much more that is consistent with such undisciplined imagination. Once again, NASA bypasses a golden opportunity to determine the nature of these items through closer inspection, through grinding and chemical analysis and so forth.

My suspicion is that they do INDEED carry out such examination, but the results are kept classified, courtesy of our taxpayer dollars…

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“SO, HOW DO I VIEW X3D STEREO?”

Simple! While viewing the stereo pair at a comfortable distance, gently cross your eyes (no eye-strain) until you perceive three images all the same width. The one in the center is in 3D. Just relax into it and your eyes will automatically bring it into focus. Once you have it, you will never forget how to do it. Kinda like riding a bicycle…

For another, more detailed method of viewing X3D stereo, click HERE.

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