Posted on 08/09/2012 11:28:06 AM PDT by Red Badger
Conspiracy theorists have worked themselves up into a lather over a mysterious blotch visible in the first black and white photographs taken from NASA's new Curiosity rover as it landed on Mars.
The faint but distinctive dot which can be seen on the horizon of the Red Planet was taken by a device on the $2.5 billion robot called its Hazcam and relayed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter back to Earth.
However, two hours later when the satellite made another pass over Curiosity, the rover sent another batch of images that revealed that the blotch had eerily disappeared.
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It’s a moderator removing comment #1 so we can’t post a response.
It’s a Martian flash mob.
Never a dull moment. Wait...what?
It was TOTUS
LOL.
OMG! The Free Republic Moderators are even involved in the giant martian sandworm conspiracy! Get your tinfoil hats on and head for the hills, the aliens are among us!
I’m betting that the crazy haired guy from Ancient Aliens is going to get a two hour special out of that one blurry picture.
It’s OBVIOUSLY just pixelation that many freepers declared without doubt to be the case a few months ago when a photo surfaced of a “Mars base station”.
Things being things and if the truth is stranger than fiction I wouldna be surprised to find out the mods ARE giant Martian sandworms.
You’re may-king me veary veary ang-gary
Yikes! Martian defenses!
Okay, okay - I’m sorry already!
I was just buzzing around in my fusion powered intergalactic runabaout, and I saw this thing coming down...
Honestly, I didn’t mean to ruin anyone’s photographs.
Ice Pirates! Great movie.
It's a Decepticon of course.
This be my bad chariot!
"Live video discussion: Meet 'Mohawk Guy' today at 2 p.m."
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/08/nasas-mohawk-guy-becomes-face-of-mars-mission-google-hangout.html
(I'm assuming today, PDT...)
Dust cloud—or maybe a Martian Ghost!
When I went through my photography phase, one tip was to always leave on a 1A sky filter to protect the lens.
Perhaps NASA should have used 1A filter as a lens cap, rather than something plastic?
Yeah, I know, weight...
Rabbit sh*t
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