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It has been a while since I have put out a new video.  I had seen the full version of this SOL 1077 gigapan that Keith Laney put out a few weeks back with the full 42 images on it. There was stuff everywhere.  Things that don't seem to have the same timeline for destruction on them.   I picked eight of the images that I enjoyed the most and put them up for you to check out.  You will be able to notice the difference in wear and tear of these rocks and artifacts.

It has become easy to find anomalies for people like myself or you who are interested in the truth about our solar system and even our own planet.  So far we have had four very successful rover missions that have beamed back images of what seems to be intelligently created artifacts just laying all over the Martian surface.  Viking, Curiosity, Opportunity, and Spirit missions have given almost everyone that I know the certainty needed to start to wonder how this happened.  Not if it happened.  The question now is how do we work as researchers to finally hook the general public to the idea that there was once life on Mars?  I will be working on some different types of videos that may work better for some of the attention spans out there and give you something to share with your friends!

Keith's Gigapan: http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/197851/
NASA PDS: http://an.rsl.wustl.edu/su/c6LCe5r 

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

In Part 1 of this series I presented an image from the MARDI EDL, which shows what appears to be a dome/dome-like surface feature maybe a couple of hundred yards away from Bradbury Landing

And I went looking for any HiRise images which might provide a different angle on the site. I found several, and decided to use  ESP_28335_1755 (RED) and IRB because NASA/JPL had also included a color sub-set that specifically covered the Region of Interest.

ESP_028335_1755_IRB.NOMAP-MSL_25pct.jpg

Using data from the HiRise info page, which states that "The scale of this image cutout is about 12 inches (31 centimeters) per pixel." allowed me to get a more accurate measurement of the distance  from the MSL to the surface feature... which, near as I can figure, is 269.4736 feet. :)

In Part 3 I'll use Pythagoras to see if the MastCam caught a glimpse of anything interesting.

Feel free to comment/critique, pro or con, ask questions, what have you. And as always, thanks for reading!

Most of the time, when I'm looking at pictures of Mars, I'm not 'looking for anomalies' per se, I'm just looking to see what I can see. Some of you may have noticed that NASA/JPL/MSSS doesn't always release all of the images taken on any given SOL; some will be released on one day and then, days or weeks later, more images for that particular SOL will be released.

I thought I'd try my hand at stitching a panorama so I d/l'd all the Left MastCam images from SOL 1073, but my results are mixed, at best; too much ghosting along the image seams.

But, while trying to balance/equalize the properties of all the images, I came across this"

So I'm going thru my backlog of images I need to eyeball and decide to stitch a 'panorama' of a rock imaged by the Right MastCam on SOL 1077. Using 8 images (1077MR0047370010600161E01_DXXX-1077MR0047370080600168E01_DXXX), I zoomed-in really tight to check how smoothly the edges were joined and noticed a row of 5 dots in the sand next to the rock.

The dots turned out to be holes in the sand.

My first thought was that they were made by one of the sensors on Curiosity's robotic arm, but after much digging around I can't find any image that shows such a row of studs/rods on the robotic arm that could cause this all-but perfectly straight holes.

My question then is does anyone know of any intrument on the robotic arm that could leave this mark in the sand?

In processing the NASA RAW 1073MR0047220000600078E01_DXXX.jpg

Original NASA Link: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/01073/mcam/1073MR0047220000600078E01_DXXX.jpg

All the other images are linked in the "Links" section below.

SOL 1073 Right MastCam  I realized there might be an opportunity to get some idea of the actual size of objects in the photo. So, using camera azimuth/elevation data I found a NavCam photo that fit the bill.

SOL 1073 NavCam image Combining the images shows relative sizes only, but I'm guestimating that the largest rock in MR 1073..078E01 is about the same size as a baseball, or maybe a softball.

SOL 1073 MastCam photo in NavCam context. Which is pretty interesting in it's way. But not nearly as interesting as the possibility of scripted language embossed on the stone, as this rotated and cropped image shows...

Cropped portion of 1073MR..078E01. Is this a written language? Notice that the silvery-blue part casts shadows on the stone, thus is lying on rather than being part of, the stone; and the different color imples that it is a different type of material. 

According to Omniglot-

Writing systems can be divided into two main types: those that represent consonants and vowels (alphabets), and those which represent syllables (syllabaries), though some do both. There are a number of subdivisions of each type, and there are different classifications of writing systems in different sources.
Abjads / Consonant Alphabets
Alphabets
Syllabic Alphabets / Abugidas
Syllabaries
Semanto-phonetic writing systems
Undeciphered writing systems

I can't tell if this is some form of hieroglyphics or what. I'd want a much sharper/larger image to do much detailed analysis, so for right now I'm just saying it's "Undeciphered."

Thanks for reading!

I am back and in the drivers seat again. Finally have all my setup back up and running. I am feeling great. I have a lot of new ideas for the channel. Some that will be the same as always with anomalies. There will also be some other topics covered that I am interested in. I am finally in a position that I feel like I can share with the world again! Thank you all for sticking by the channel! Much Love - Wil