My Findings
Chronology And The Spheres Themselves
Once the microscopic imager zoomed in on the rock face (which clearly shows the spheres embedded within) it was easy to see that they were harboring thousands of pristine spheres. Not only that, but digging the trench in the soil showed more spheres that were shiny and "new" looking- clearly they had not been eroded by the wind and dust storms that frequently cover the planet.
Note that almost all present day erosion on Mars is caused by "sand blasting" powered by high speed winds and very fine dust. This can wear down features but it takes a great deal of time. Mars' atmosphere is about 6 to 8 millibars of carbon dioxide and nitrogen. This is compared to 1,000 millibars for Earth's atmosphere. You can see that we have about 125 times more air pressure than Mars does. Its atmosphere is almost a vacuum. Many vacuum pumps will just barely get this low.
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image of the rock face and the spheres in it. Notice how they stand
out in this color image. This was the next target for the
microscopic imager, to determine just what the spheres were and how they
were situated inside the rock.
Look carefully at the layering. It is extremely uniform in both extent and thickness. My opinion is that this is the result of seasonal changes, not some ongoing, repetitive volcanic activity. Most important, the spheres cannot be molten rock, because they would have to be from an "explosion" that happened for hundreds or thousands of years to be laid so uniformly through the "ash" as NASA claimed. The full sized image is available here: http://www.keithlaney.com/OCI/G4.jpg |
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So, the images show that the spheres cannot be lava or from meteor impacts. Such impacts or explosions of lava would have to continue for thousands of years on a uniform, regular basis to distribute the spheres so evenly throughout the rock. Further views through the microscopic imager verified that there was no heat discoloration as molten or hot rock would likely have produced as it landed in the layers. Also consider that if the spheres were made of lava, and the ash is also a product of lava, you would expect that they would be much closer in color- but they are clearly not. One is pink, the other pale blue.
Also, the spheres were not concretions, because they would have shown layering that would match the surrounding rock, if they had formed from dissolved minerals present in the rock. So the three leading theories of spherule formation were shown to be very implausible at this time.
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This is a view of
the spheres on the ground. One clear detail springs out right away-
they almost all exhibit ridges and grooves. These have been exposed
to the erosion for some time and their features are worn down- but not
entirely obliterated.
Note three things right away- first, the smoother spheres have "peach grooves" and flattened areas. Also, there are some linear features that seem consistent, but they are faint. Second, note the "raisin" in the right of center- it appears to be something that has dried up or lost moisture. This is not too unusual in rock, as it might have been a rougher stone that tumbled or wore down, leaving depressions. Third, see the three "lobed" rocks? One is in the upper right corner, one in the lower right, and one in the center of left. They are almost identical. Chance? Simple contrast enhancement can reveal many details that escape the eye in this picture. That is what the next image will show. |
The original image data for the above picture is on the NASA site, here: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/m/014/1M129430101EFF0300P2933M1M1.JPG
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In this image, I
have marked some selected features. First, the objects circled
in red show identical shape and structure- they appear to have lobes on
them that are the same. The upper right object is at a different
angle, but clearly shows a lobed and ridged structure. Other, later
images show more of these objects, and many similar ones.
Second, I have highlighted some of the ridge or groove features on four of the spheres. You can see similar ridges and grooves on others. Third, the blue circle shows what appears similar in shape to a small sea shell. It has a set of radial ridges that surround its center. One of the hallmarks of biology is similarity of structure and also symmetry. The red circled objects are far too similar to be random rocks. The one on the far left clearly has bilateral symmetry- meaning a right and left half that are mirror images of each other. That theme will recur a lot in the following images. |
DETAILED PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE - CLEARLY THESE ARE FOSSILS