>From Horace, > Yes. Consider just the very center of the 2nd two photos, 29361 and 29376 > above (the first photo, 29352 is pretty far out of focus). There is a bunch > of stuff that moves to the left and also rotates. This is *not* due to a > change of focus, because background stuff gets exposed and and some covered > up by the motion. Following are two snippets that can be played as a > slideshow to get a feel for the motion and what the object looks like:
Thanks for taking the time to consolidate the two images. I wish all these images were bigger however. Speaking cautiously here, It's very easy to read things into imagery that may not necessarily actually be there, especially when the imagery is fuzzy, sparse, or just plain small. The danger here is that such imagery is ripe for different interpretations. Presently I don't know what to make of the visual changes. Insufficient data, IMHO. Personally, I do not feel a desire to attribute it to the possibility of there being some kind of active life forming nearby the space craft. For me personally, the first thing that comes to mind would be to explain it as logically and as prosaically as I can. Therefore, my first impression would be to speculate that the visual changes are likely due to the result of different angles of the sun when the photos were taken causing changes to shadow lengths as they are cast on the surfaces of the martian granules. The effects changes in shadows can create on various landscape structures should not be underestimated. FWIW, I recall the great debate that revolved around the "Face of Mars", that famous mountain in the Cydonia region that Hogland made famous back in the 90s. Back then, I followed this issue (and others including anomalies discovered on the Moon) closely and with great personal interest. When higher resolution photos finally arrived from more advanced satellites orbiting Mars I made it a point to make a hard copy print from the new data. I placed the higher resolution imagery alongside the prior less focused (but more romantically perceived) imagery of the martian "face". It was a good lesson for me to learn in how a romantic myth can take form and take on a life of its own, running rampant - as long as the imagery remained sufficiently fuzzy, just enough to keep the subject material open to different interpretations. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
