A selection of Martian landscapes.
Images taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and its HiRISE camera from approximately 300 km above the planet’s surface.
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November 09, 2009
And Not a Heat Ray in Sight
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Underground silos?
Posted by: Anna | November 09, 2009 at 10:04
They're keeping the heat rays hidden. They're waiting for dinner to come to them.
Posted by: mlrosty | November 09, 2009 at 10:19
Picture 2 does look like the very old "bacteria" that grew high towers in very old lakes.
Posted by: AntiCitizenOne | November 09, 2009 at 11:19
They're cloaked, obviously.
Posted by: carbon based lifeform | November 09, 2009 at 13:04
They're just going too fast to see.
Posted by: jones | November 09, 2009 at 13:48
They vibrate at a frequency we can't detect.
Posted by: Morgan | November 09, 2009 at 13:55
Picture 2 is definitely an amoeba closing up on its prey. I was wrong about frequency, and jones was wrong about speed. He's right about it being timescale - but they're moving too SLOW for us to notice.
Posted by: Morgan | November 09, 2009 at 14:05
And that's got to be the red weed in picture 2...
Posted by: sk60 | November 09, 2009 at 14:31
http://www.flickr.com/photos/redcipolla/2985793736/in/photostream/
Posted by: AntiCitizenOne | November 09, 2009 at 15:15