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Spidery Black Objects On Mars Surface Raise Speculation
Someone alert Ziggy Stardust, there appears to be spiders on Mars.
Strange black objects seen from 200 miles above the surface of Mars are generating interest and speculation that the unidentified objects could be anything from geysers to sunbathing colonies of microorganisms.
NPR compares several photos of the objects, including one taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Jan. 27, which appears to show “little black flecks dotting the ridges, mostly on the sunny side, like sunbathing spiders sitting in rows.”
The objects were first spotted in 1998. Interestingly, they appear when the surface of Mars begins to warm, showing up in the same location most of the time. And then when the Martian winter approaches, they disappear with the same precise regularity. The images have been brought into greater detail by Michael Benson in his book “Planetfall: New Solar System Visions.”
Read more here at: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/spidery-black-objects-mars-surface-raise-speculation-184239849.html
I have no idea what these things could be! Very interesting that they appear when the planet surface is warm… Hopefully as time goes on we will be able to get better pictures and videos and maybe even someday a sample of whatever this is.
~Ophelia
That other object the “Spidery black objects” are on top of is equally as interesting. The inner curves are very smooth and has an almost unnatural and symmetrical curvature.
these so-called spidery black images are no where’s near as interesting as the objects they are sitting on. Why isn’t anyone question that?
With the regularity in warm areas, common sense tells me it is probably some form of vegetation.
Far more intriguing is the object they are sitting on. It bears a striking geometrical resemblance to the “glass tunnels” we have had photographs of for many years now on the surface of mars except they appear to be covered by sand or dust.
Google “glass tunnels on mars” and you will see some amazing pictures that look strikingly like these in geometry.