Lump of wood found on Mars

[capncnut]

WTF? Click for article.

[bassman]

It does look like wood. But as they say in the article, it's probably just the angle on a rock.

[Eagle Eye]

Yes I agree, How would a lump of wood end up on Mars?

[AcesandEights]

The picture, which was taken as part of Nasa's Mars Exploration Rover mission in May 2004, has given excitable internet message board users reason to believe that a civilisation has formed on the planet. Oh, fer christsakes

[MaximusIncredulous]

So is Dane engraved on that back of thing or what? These rovers are so useless.

[Cody]

thats kinda cool though

[bassman]

These rovers are so useless. How so? They've given thousands of pictures of the surface of Mars....

[SymphonicX]

Look closely and you'll see Symphonicx 4 Britney Spears

[AcesandEights]

How so? They've given thousands of pictures of the surface of Mars.... I sense facetiousness in his statement, Bassman.

[Tricky]

i imagine thats just a bit of rock weathered that way in the vicious dust storms on mars,certainly aint gonna be wood!

[MinionZombie]

i imagine thats just a bit of rock weathered that way in the vicious dust storms on mars,certainly aint gonna be wood! Either that, or it's a Cadbury's Flake ... ON MARS!

[Tricky]

if flakes grow on mars then get me on the next rocket! But seriously,the pictures from mars are some of the most uninspiring ever!it just looks like any desert on earth through a red filtered lens. The fact mankind has got there is a big achievement, but the planet itself is like being locked in a white room with terry wogans voice playing 24 hours a day

[MaximusIncredulous]

How so? They've given thousands of pictures of the surface of Mars.... Yes, thousands and thousands of pictures. Superficial pictures. Ohhh and ahhh sort of pictures for the general public. A strange, humanoid figure was spotted in one of those pictures. Did we get any close-ups to determine whether it was rock sculptured by years of erosion or otherwise by the rovers? No. Just uppity brush-off by NASA/JPL. Now we have this mysterious piece of rock-wood. Will the rovers give us anymore detail of what this is or will their NASA/JPL masters send them off for more pretty snaps for the masses?

[bassman]

Well obviously they don't expect people to really believe it's wood. The article even says that...

[Danny]

looks more like big piece of slate rock. imagine if they did find like a single petrified little tree or something, that would be an epic picture.