Post by Marsrocks on Jan 28, 2010 12:34:19 GMT -5
We have a new member to the forum - timeswimmer - who emailed me a video with a find he made near the 3-sided Reull Vallis pyramid.
Welcome timeswimmer! :)
Timeswimmer has discovered a pharaoh-like face in the pyramid-like landform across the river from the large 3-sided pyramid.
Reull Vallis is an ancient river that probably once flowed westward into the Hellas basin.
This is the better known Reull Vallis 3-side pyramid:
Palermoproject did a feature on this area:
palermoproject.com/lowell2004/legacy.htm
Here is the 3-sided pyramid from CTX, using the ESA image as the color overlay:
The original ESA image is located here:
sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=34508
Now take a look at this pharaoh's face that timeswimmer discovered- he is looking to our left, and comprises most of the structure. (This image is from the HRSC nadir image with ESA's color combination overlayed on it).
Contrast adjusted:
The main pharaoh face is marked in white. Yet another pharaoh- like face also appears in the back of the form, marked in black.
This one appears to be connected to the landform, as if at the end of a scepter:
There are a number of other face-like formations in this area, some on the ground, and some that protrude from other nearby landforms. Here are a few of them, although they are difficult to make out in the CTX images:
Timeswimmer noticed several other interesting shapes and forms in this area. Maybe he will weigh in here and talk about some of them...
Welcome timeswimmer! :)
Timeswimmer has discovered a pharaoh-like face in the pyramid-like landform across the river from the large 3-sided pyramid.
Reull Vallis is an ancient river that probably once flowed westward into the Hellas basin.
This is the better known Reull Vallis 3-side pyramid:
Palermoproject did a feature on this area:
palermoproject.com/lowell2004/legacy.htm
Here is the 3-sided pyramid from CTX, using the ESA image as the color overlay:
The original ESA image is located here:
sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=34508
Now take a look at this pharaoh's face that timeswimmer discovered- he is looking to our left, and comprises most of the structure. (This image is from the HRSC nadir image with ESA's color combination overlayed on it).
Contrast adjusted:
The main pharaoh face is marked in white. Yet another pharaoh- like face also appears in the back of the form, marked in black.
This one appears to be connected to the landform, as if at the end of a scepter:
There are a number of other face-like formations in this area, some on the ground, and some that protrude from other nearby landforms. Here are a few of them, although they are difficult to make out in the CTX images:
Timeswimmer noticed several other interesting shapes and forms in this area. Maybe he will weigh in here and talk about some of them...
