Subject: APF00009ju
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by roybridge
A strange feature!
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by sinbad666
Just spotted this too, really interesting!
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by danofmayz
Very strange feature. Looks more of a formed shape than anything else I've seen so far.
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by aramil
A Mars spot/pimple or alien temple? either which way very interesting
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by kevski81
Very strange object, looks too symmetrical to be natural, although the elevated ground looks natural.
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by kevski81
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by PhilipCorke
looks like an octagon shaped base with a rounded thimble type shape on top.
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by Mgayette
Its the missing third tower of the Landmark Theatre Ilfracombe.
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by djpolofish
Looks like a pimple to me
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by Lovebytes
Another possible plant showing initial root growth
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by mermaidnwuk
It looks like a lizard- or chameleon-like eyeball to me. Weird!
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by Jim_Taylor
It looks like a small razed cone with a jet of "stuff" coming out of the top #mini-volcano
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by Paul_Johnson
Is this a fan eruption in progress? That would be exciting!!!
I thought I had found it first, but hey ho.....Whatever it is, it's cool.Posted
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by Paul_Johnson
No one has explained this artefact yet? What is it???
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by Glynnmay
The blurred top makes this look like a volcano that is in the midst of erupting? Very exciting
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by Paul_Johnson
Yes Glyn! It's the best picture of the lot! No one seems to care only you and me!
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by Djbooth
I agree, mini-volcano erupting. This was spotted 2 days ago - look under Science 'space chimney'.
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by Paul_Johnson
What do the scientists say? It's by far the most fascinating image.
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by Paul_Johnson
I think there is a gas jet coming out of the side, as well as the dark stuff from the top....really interesting.
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by neilsp8
very strange shape
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What is this?
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by chpets
Saw this on the small thumbprint photo initially and the feature looked to be a crater, on the larger pic it looks volcanic.Lighting tricks
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by pocketmoon
Hey P4 Science dudes! Can you reveal which source image this comes from ? 😃 please...
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by Paul_Johnson
Yeah, c'mon Poindexter!
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by Paul_Johnson
And can we have a scientific explanation, while your at it.....!
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by jdt79
mAGIC
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by michaelaye scientist
There you go: http://uahirise.org/ESP_011348_0950
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by Ian_Mason
That is pretty neat link michealaye! Paul, check it out as you can view it as zoomed in on.
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by roybridge
Saw this feature 3 days ago after Brian Cox on BBC's Stargazing Live asked viewers to log onto this site. Excellent link from michealaye.
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by roybridge
On michealaye's link the zoomed in image certainly does gives the impression that the strange feature is possibly the start of an eruption!
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by Paul_Johnson
Found the link and made it work! Thanks to all.
Is this a cone of gas erupting, I think it is!Posted
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by Paul_Johnson
It doesn't look like a boulder at all. It has fuzzy pixels above it which suggest gas. There are black fans in the vicinity....
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by Paul_Johnson
It is spewing black material out of the side of it and there is a white 'jet' coming from the same side (right).
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by Paul_Johnson
It is located direcly on a gas 'spider' and there seems to be a fresh deposit of white ice, which could suggest it is a new feature...
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by Paul_Johnson
#mystery object
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by Paul_Johnson
The link picture also has other unusual features....a weird cleft in the ice that is out of place in the top left of the image...
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by Paul_Johnson
and maybe a round hole in the ice next to the main anomaly, just to the right. Certainly the light is showing something different...
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by JellyMonster
You will see something different if you rotate the image 180 degrees. Ridges become channels, pits become boulders and vice versa.
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by coolblack492
OMG this looks amazing, i cant believe that this is the surface of mars. wow
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by jdt79
could be a caldera a collapsed volcanic cone with liquid co2 running off it carving out those snake like channels ?
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by Paul_Johnson
I think the wind would have eroded any volvanic cone, especially one this small. Vulcanism has been absent for many millions of years...
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by michaelaye scientist
the sun comes from the low-low right, therefore we believe this is a negative feature (crater-like). don't understand it yet,definit. weird
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by Paul_Johnson
Thanks Michael, I knew it was weird. I know it when I see it! It's a very exciting feature, hence me keep banging on about it. Sorry!
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by Paul_Johnson
Do you thing the dark blurring of the image at the top could be venting?
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by Paul_Johnson
The boulders in the original image, (thanks for the link!) all seem to have shadows on the right, but the sun is from the right?
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by Paul_Johnson
Interesting that the base has a hexagonal feature? I've seen pan ice on the sea adopt this pattern.
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by michaelaye scientist
yes, sun is from the low right, which makes this thing pretty certainly a cavity, a negative feature, not a dome.
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by JellyMonster
I am convinced all the photographs from this mission are upside down. Rotate through 180 degrees to see what these images should look like.
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That spot is definitely a snail or an alien life form.
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by Rockykrys
I've rotated this image 180 degrees several times. Now convinced light IS from bottom right, shining into "crater" & north-south valleys.
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by Rockykrys
Might not be a crater, but certainly a hollow rather than a bump. Viewed up-side-down, the valleys are less convincing as "ridges".
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by pocketmoon
depends on the direction the sun light is coming from . Human brain assumed light is from upper left.
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by Rockykrys
The light appears to be from upper left when brain assumes that you are seeing ridges. Right-click and "view image" - it looks like valleys.
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by Rockykrys
i.e the bright bits are inside valleys, reflecting light that is actually received from bottom right. Hope this helps.
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by Paul_Johnson
It's taken me a long time for my brain to see this as a negative feature, but yes, it's probably a deep circukar shaft.....
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by Paul_Johnson
circular shaft....I should say, but has a hexagonal rim. Extraordinary! There's nothing like it on any other pic....
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by Paul_Johnson
Meteorite impact ? But why a hexagonal rim? That doesn't fit really.....an open vent-but still, there are thousands of fans, none with....
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by Paul_Johnson
...this kind of opening through the ice into the Mars below. If it is a shaft, then probably gas made it, but why only one such feature...
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by Paul_Johnson
on all of the other pics.....and why hexagonals! This is still an amazing feature, and it has really captured my imagination...
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by Paul_Johnson
What a fantastic experiment this has been!
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by Paul_Johnson
Is it hexagonal all the way down? The darker material on the side suggest it could be.....
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by Paul_Johnson
The more I look the more I think impact crater from a small meteorite...though I cant explain the hexagonal feature. Anyone?
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by Paul_Johnson
If it is a meteor impact crater (a small one) then it must be very fresh, maybe? The ice around is shattered like a bullet hole in glass.
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by Paul_Johnson
I'm slightly embarrassed about the whole chiney thing now.....its a negative feature, but wow it looks like it's sticking up!
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by Paul_Johnson
I still think it represents something very unusual and important. It's a hole in the ice!
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by DannyU
I don't see it that way, and after a hard look I've decided it's probably a #dalek
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by samuelchap
yep definitely a dalek!
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by Paul_Johnson
It could be a soup dragon hole, I suppose, but no-there would be Clangers all over the place...
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by Rockykrys
I think the clangers' holes had lids? I'm still thinking a rock under the ice might play a part in the formation of this hole - see science
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by BlueMoon58
ESA Beagle 2 Perhaps?
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by Paul_Johnson
That would be cool! Crunch!
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by itsanty
looks a like a geyser just on the brink of erupting to me.
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by AUricle
could this be an active vent? #sno-cone
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by JohnRon
#spiders It does seem to be a vent producing mini spiders. magnify the image ctrl +
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by dfaxon
Do I see an 'ice ball' penetrating the surface?
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by Kitharode moderator
It's a hole. Nick-named 'Space Chimney'. More details here: http://blog.planetfour.org/2013/04/03/space-chimney-re-imaged/
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by dfaxon
Are there any other 'chimneys' around? If there are enough of the smooth craters around, maybe that's a good tag.
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by Kitharode moderator
Hi dfaxon. Far as I know, this is the only example of a 'space chimney' that's been caught on camera. Might be others, so keep looking. 😃
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