An American 'armchair astronomer' claims he has discovered a strange structure on the surface of Mars while browsing Google.
David Martines was scanning Google Mars when he discovered the long white edifice and has even listed the coordinates (49'19.73"N 29 33'06.53"W) so others can see it for themselves.
Mr Martines posted a video of the 'station' on YouTube which has been viewed more than 200,000 times.
On the video, he talks through the discovery he has named "Bio-Station Alpha". "It's very unusual in that it's quite large, it's over 700 feet (210m) long and 150 feet (45m) wide. It looks like it's a cylinder or made up of cylinders," he says.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/technology/8 ... ed-on-mars
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"Logical explanation"
"It looks like a linear streak artifact produced by a cosmic ray," Alfred McEwen, a planetary geologist at the University of Arizona, told Space.com.
Cosmic rays are highly energetic particles that buzz around in space. Outside our protective atmosphere, space is teeming with these things -- ionizing particles, usually protons from the sun, that are a serious concern for humans when we eventually leave our protective nest and start colonizing other worlds, like Mars.
For our technology, cosmic rays are a menace too. In this case, the leading candidate that created a streak across a Mars satellite image appears to be a cosmic ray trail. The cosmic ray hit the satellite's camera CCD, causing some pixels to "misfire." Any pixelation surrounding the streak is just caused by image compression by the spacecraft or Google's server.
http://news.discovery.com/space/i-wish- ... 10607.html
"It looks like a linear streak artifact produced by a cosmic ray," Alfred McEwen, a planetary geologist at the University of Arizona, told Space.com.
Cosmic rays are highly energetic particles that buzz around in space. Outside our protective atmosphere, space is teeming with these things -- ionizing particles, usually protons from the sun, that are a serious concern for humans when we eventually leave our protective nest and start colonizing other worlds, like Mars.
For our technology, cosmic rays are a menace too. In this case, the leading candidate that created a streak across a Mars satellite image appears to be a cosmic ray trail. The cosmic ray hit the satellite's camera CCD, causing some pixels to "misfire." Any pixelation surrounding the streak is just caused by image compression by the spacecraft or Google's server.
http://news.discovery.com/space/i-wish- ... 10607.html
