Fossils on Mars

From: MarsFossils (marsfossils_at_canada.com)
Date: 12/27/04 

Date: 27 Dec 2004 11:08:58 -0800

Our main man Thomas writes:

>> Anyone who still thinks that evidence of past microscopic and/or
>> macroscopic life has not, or will not, be discovered by the MER
mission,
>> needs to really start reexamining the evidence.

http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/pancam/2004-12-27/2P157172659EFFA225P2446L5M1.JPG

>> I see these guys driving right on by some really interesting rocks.

Thanks for pointing out the great pictures, Thomas. I wouldn't get
all excited about it until we see close-ups of the little beasties
winking and mugging for the camera. Those rocks are likely volcanic
and the place looks pretty dead to me.

Mars is laughing at us. Mars routinely likes to poke fun of people
looking at it. Mars has a weird power to rearrange its rocks and
terrain so as to set up big elaborate stages to hoax us casual viewers
into weird conclusions about it. Then it laughs hilariously at its
own practical jokes.

One of my favourite NASA pictures has NASA astronauts on Mars looking
at a Martian trilobite fossil.
See
http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/mars/marsbases/lores/s85_31477.jpg
There is a 12 MB version of the same picture showing the trilobite at
http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/mars/marsbases/hires/s85_31477.jpg
Again, 12 MB, a big download but you can see the details of the
trilobite. What a bunch of kidders. Jeez, they aren't much better
than Hoagland and Chip Shults.

Maybe if you ask them nicely, they will back up the rover and go and
look at the rocks more closely.

All the best to you and yours for the new year.

Michael
Mars fossils, Pseudofossils and Problematica
http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~weinberg/mars

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