M-Albion-3D
25th May 2016, 17:27
Part one:
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a528/marsevidence01/3D%20glassed%20required_zpsdrsk7umo.jpg
When I first began researching images of the surface on Mars, a little over three years ago, I had no idea what I expected to find. I intentionally did not set myself a target of prescribed expectations.
What I did decree, was to try to “imagine the unexpected”. After all, anything alien seen from 250km above the surface would probably be unrecognizable, or so I thought.
So going about this with some discipline, if a group or pattern of pixels observed that seemed inconsistent with its natural surrounding, I had to try and recognize any possible artistic translation (of a form) or, even a possible “function” no matter how bizarre the data set appeared to be. Then, using A priori as aprinciple, deduce if there was any further congruency in its evident form.
A simple example of this would be; if I observed five separate piles of rocks that formed a cohesive neighborhood pattern of: a pile of 2 rocks, then a pile of 3 rocks, then a pile of 5 rocks, then a pile of 7 rocks, then a pile of 11 rocks and then predicted a continuance of further piles of 13, 17, 19, 23 and so on, I could then deduce a pattern based in design and not of natural processes. The common denominator that connected data points was the key to probable design. Moreover, the prediction of a connective data set (features) would be critical as - a posteriori
In the case of the famous face at Cydonia, the late Dr. Tom Van Flandern explains this same principle. However, the catch in his research became painfully evident inasmuch as the quality of the image data of the famous face, did not allow a definative evaluation and is still argued even today. So image quality in terms of clear resolution also played a significant part of the equation in defining artificiality...or not.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B--tam0uh-oiNkxJcFdhMUw1YjA/view?usp=sharing
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a528/marsevidence01/TomVanFlandernStarGazer_zpss3qwmdvv.jpg
After discovering some intriguing landforms along the giant 90 mile long Mesa inside Hebes Chasma, I went to the HiRISE site and saw there were several 2 and 3D super large images available for download of some of the very deepest areas on the planet.
What was interesting, was that Hebes Chasma is not just a mere canyon but what is known as a “TROUGH” meaning there is no “inlet or outlet” typically found in the production of a canyon created by a river and the consequent water erosion.
Hebes Chasma is in fact a giant 200 mile long 5 mile deep “sink hole!” In the center, was a massive, steeply sided island about the same height as the surrounding rim. What an amazing “Moat and Castle” I thought to myself...hmmm. The more I looked at this place, the more I sensed something but could not put my finger on it.
So, was there anything in this huge hole in the ground even worth exploring?….Was there ever!
Low resolution image of Hebes Chasma -
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a528/marsevidence01/Hebes_Chasma__zpszhj05qfq.jpg
Anaglyph -
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a528/marsevidence01/Hebes_Chasma_3D_zps7nmlzomp.jpg
In late March 2013, I downloaded one of the most spectacular images taken to date (imo) by the reconnaissance orbiter which was captured on October 22, 2010 at 2.15pm local time as the spacecraft flew past at 176 miles above the rim. Here is a low resolution .jpeg of that image.
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a528/marsevidence01/ESP_019864_1790_RED_abrowse%202_zpstitlo6rb.jpg
Now when I first looked at this image, it made no sense at all as I could not figure out which was up and which was down. This is a common problem when viewing HiRISE images of the surface as the camera takes images in “strips”….and the top is not necessarily “north”. Now add to that, is also the “dynamics” of the topography! So you have some additional work to do, to make sense relative to one's “line of sight” as it were.
The JP2000 file was just too large to rotate inside the software, but below here is the very low resolution image turned 55% where now, you can begin to see the “shape of the landscape” and just how steep the terrain is as it drops down to what is leftover of an ancient shoreline at the very bottom of the chasma some 5 miles down from the rim above, way outside of this picture.
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a528/marsevidence01/ESP_019864_1790_RED_abrowse%2055%20incl_zpsscgd59if.jpg
To make things even more visually agreeable, I've clipped the area where that near vertical shoreline meets the very edge of where the liquid line (presumably water) once touched one and other.
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a528/marsevidence01/ESP_019864_1790_RED_abrowse%2055%20target_zpsfqp1zxw7.jpg
At this point in the story, I would like to try and tell what happened next as I find it somewhat hard to explain.
As I sat there with the image in front of me on my computer screen rotated as you see it above, I began to freeze up, like I was mildly paralyzed. Certainly not being able to move my mouse hand I panicked just a bit and remember feeling my heart taking dump if you catch my drift. As I looked at the image, I felt a sense of being connected somehow. It was very strange and a first time experience in my life.
Anyway, the next challenge was to try and take a closer look at that ancient shoreline in high definition and especially those huge “gouges” in the steep cliff side.
But rotating the high definition image (nearly 1.5gigs!) was just a bugger to do, as the depth of detail and clarity embedded in the file was extremely high prohibiting image rotation for some unknown reason? But as they say; “where there's a will….”.
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a528/marsevidence01/3D%20glassed%20required_zpsdrsk7umo.jpg
When I first began researching images of the surface on Mars, a little over three years ago, I had no idea what I expected to find. I intentionally did not set myself a target of prescribed expectations.
What I did decree, was to try to “imagine the unexpected”. After all, anything alien seen from 250km above the surface would probably be unrecognizable, or so I thought.
So going about this with some discipline, if a group or pattern of pixels observed that seemed inconsistent with its natural surrounding, I had to try and recognize any possible artistic translation (of a form) or, even a possible “function” no matter how bizarre the data set appeared to be. Then, using A priori as aprinciple, deduce if there was any further congruency in its evident form.
A simple example of this would be; if I observed five separate piles of rocks that formed a cohesive neighborhood pattern of: a pile of 2 rocks, then a pile of 3 rocks, then a pile of 5 rocks, then a pile of 7 rocks, then a pile of 11 rocks and then predicted a continuance of further piles of 13, 17, 19, 23 and so on, I could then deduce a pattern based in design and not of natural processes. The common denominator that connected data points was the key to probable design. Moreover, the prediction of a connective data set (features) would be critical as - a posteriori
In the case of the famous face at Cydonia, the late Dr. Tom Van Flandern explains this same principle. However, the catch in his research became painfully evident inasmuch as the quality of the image data of the famous face, did not allow a definative evaluation and is still argued even today. So image quality in terms of clear resolution also played a significant part of the equation in defining artificiality...or not.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B--tam0uh-oiNkxJcFdhMUw1YjA/view?usp=sharing
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a528/marsevidence01/TomVanFlandernStarGazer_zpss3qwmdvv.jpg
After discovering some intriguing landforms along the giant 90 mile long Mesa inside Hebes Chasma, I went to the HiRISE site and saw there were several 2 and 3D super large images available for download of some of the very deepest areas on the planet.
What was interesting, was that Hebes Chasma is not just a mere canyon but what is known as a “TROUGH” meaning there is no “inlet or outlet” typically found in the production of a canyon created by a river and the consequent water erosion.
Hebes Chasma is in fact a giant 200 mile long 5 mile deep “sink hole!” In the center, was a massive, steeply sided island about the same height as the surrounding rim. What an amazing “Moat and Castle” I thought to myself...hmmm. The more I looked at this place, the more I sensed something but could not put my finger on it.
So, was there anything in this huge hole in the ground even worth exploring?….Was there ever!
Low resolution image of Hebes Chasma -
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a528/marsevidence01/Hebes_Chasma__zpszhj05qfq.jpg
Anaglyph -
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a528/marsevidence01/Hebes_Chasma_3D_zps7nmlzomp.jpg
In late March 2013, I downloaded one of the most spectacular images taken to date (imo) by the reconnaissance orbiter which was captured on October 22, 2010 at 2.15pm local time as the spacecraft flew past at 176 miles above the rim. Here is a low resolution .jpeg of that image.
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a528/marsevidence01/ESP_019864_1790_RED_abrowse%202_zpstitlo6rb.jpg
Now when I first looked at this image, it made no sense at all as I could not figure out which was up and which was down. This is a common problem when viewing HiRISE images of the surface as the camera takes images in “strips”….and the top is not necessarily “north”. Now add to that, is also the “dynamics” of the topography! So you have some additional work to do, to make sense relative to one's “line of sight” as it were.
The JP2000 file was just too large to rotate inside the software, but below here is the very low resolution image turned 55% where now, you can begin to see the “shape of the landscape” and just how steep the terrain is as it drops down to what is leftover of an ancient shoreline at the very bottom of the chasma some 5 miles down from the rim above, way outside of this picture.
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a528/marsevidence01/ESP_019864_1790_RED_abrowse%2055%20incl_zpsscgd59if.jpg
To make things even more visually agreeable, I've clipped the area where that near vertical shoreline meets the very edge of where the liquid line (presumably water) once touched one and other.
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a528/marsevidence01/ESP_019864_1790_RED_abrowse%2055%20target_zpsfqp1zxw7.jpg
At this point in the story, I would like to try and tell what happened next as I find it somewhat hard to explain.
As I sat there with the image in front of me on my computer screen rotated as you see it above, I began to freeze up, like I was mildly paralyzed. Certainly not being able to move my mouse hand I panicked just a bit and remember feeling my heart taking dump if you catch my drift. As I looked at the image, I felt a sense of being connected somehow. It was very strange and a first time experience in my life.
Anyway, the next challenge was to try and take a closer look at that ancient shoreline in high definition and especially those huge “gouges” in the steep cliff side.
But rotating the high definition image (nearly 1.5gigs!) was just a bugger to do, as the depth of detail and clarity embedded in the file was extremely high prohibiting image rotation for some unknown reason? But as they say; “where there's a will….”.