OMG it's a DOT! lol

considering the data has to be fired through space and then recombined by computers... I'll bet it's a little distortion they didn't bother to clean up.

i doubt its data corruption. the original images are bitmaps.

i will go for the dust theory until someone posts another picture of the same thing. but i'm also guessing that they have a film that will go around the lens, similar to nascar cameras, that will spool if there is dust.

Space herpes.

Sheesh you guys, it's that damn ship from Stargate..

AARRGH! Damn you Arvid, I didn't see your post :p

I agree, btw.

NOZOMI !!

i n0! itz GeOrGE Bu$H l00KINg 4 OiL on MarZZ!! aaahahahahahahAHAhaahAHahA!

Dont forget transmission errors. I dont think the rover transmists the image in a normal file format. This could just be the last 4 pixels that haven't been sent yet.

this image

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/n/012/2N127429914EFF0300P1515L0M 1.HTML


overlayed with this image
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/n/012/2N127429816EFF0300P1515L0M1 .HTML


and set to partially transparent results in this image

Dot in exact same place

It's just an errant pixel or something. Look down at the bottom of the picture, you can see one there too.

Uh... rocks?

2004-02-07 01:30:51 PM echo5juliet
The "speck" is the ESA's lost Beagle 2 probe in the middle of a dead cat bounce.

LOL. Needed a good laugh today. Thanks.

cclces

Thank you for taking the trouble to do that, as I was feeling way too lazy :)

Now everyone, move along.

http://www.rense.com/general48/stransge.htm

I think its a "WARDROBE MALFUNCTION"

Sorry if this has already been said

"13:39:02 Mars local solar time"

I just find it funny we are using the word "local" to describe the time on mars. It's not like we would think it's the time on Saturn.

well of course it's the local time

/carlin

There are other dots you're missing here (top left at edge of frame) and in others...

/launches PS

Answer: the little round things in this picture are not rocks, but living things. And they can fly.

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20040206a/moss_touch_ movie_br.gif

I've blown these up and played with various levels and found some interesting things - you be the judge.

I am uploading a full res composite and jpg's to this folder (check it around 5:40pm EST):

http://charlescrosbie.com/images/marsdot/

Bradester
"Crap guys....I would be more concerned of what NASA has blurred on the ground then the dot in the sky."

Don't be; Janet just flashed the camera again.

What i want to know is why J.P.L. would need a sound stage for something like this.I mean theres no SOUND!!!!! farkin tin foil hats are farking up your brains people ...that or the government is getting better signals through to your brains in which case you are still in la la land

loosen the tinfoil hats people,really they be bad for you

So its a UFO, are you surprised?

http://charlescrosbie.com/images/marsdot/2N129300816EFF0327P1730L0M1_DOTROD2.j pg

Ahhhh! They're coming!

I love it how there are so many "experts" out there who can deduct so much information and so many "facts" from grainy pictures. This is re: those enterprisemission guys and the other loonies who see something, use their l33t photoshop skills to "enhance" the image, and then are able to conclude what the object is, often crossing into some completely different field of science while doing so. Those guys are geniuses should get a job offer from the CIA or some other spy organization any day now!

HELLO MARS ROVER? ARE YOU THERE??? HELLO???? WHAT IS THE DOT?? FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST WHAT IS IT????

I can say it with certainty- it is the water tower on the Warner Studios backlot.

I've never claimed to be an "expert" at anything... I'm just some kid on a Mac... Wearing tin-foil on my...

I for one think it was one of the many Hot Cocoa Sampler Boxes I shipped out to those companies this winter. Apparently, some people launched them into space.

http://charlescrosbie.com/images/marsdot/2N129300816EFF0327P1730L0M1_DOTROD3.j pg

What? No "it's your momma" jokes?

IT... IS... BAHLOOOON

emstro!

Damn that was funny.

IT'S CLEARLY BEEN ADDED TO THE IMAGE TO DISTRACT THE VIEWER FROM THE FOOT PRINTS IN THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER.

Long live the FARKERS!!!

I can't find any pics of that Mars probe episode of "Gilligan's Island", so this will have to do:

And what that one the left? Oh wait...monitor smudge.

oh.. yeah.. sorry about that... i thought itd be a nice day so i went outside to fly a kite.. what? never seen a guy fly a fookin kite before??

Quick!

To the Observatory! There's a fixins transpirin'!

I bet it's one of those ACME instant holes like you see on looney toons.

Its a glitch in the Matrix.

/Agent Smith

Yes, there is wind on Mars... hence those huge sandstorms that happen every year. It's dust... Dust can move on and off the lense. Much... like... earth dust!! *gasp*

Elrik--
"What was it?"
"Droid of some kind. I didn't hit it very hard, must've had a self-destruct."
"An Imperial Probe Droid."
"It's a good bet the Empire know's we're here."

So wait...if Mars know's we're there, and tracked us to here...isn't it a matter of time before we pick up a fleet of Star Destroyers coming out of Hyper Space too damn close to the planet? Eh. Not overly concerned. Between us and Russia alone there's enough nukes on this planet to turn Earth into a powder finer than flour 3 times over. Even a Star Destroyer cant touch this. Just picture a bigass ICBM headed for a SD. "Incoming Earth vessel." "Good. Our first catch of the day." Last one too, loser.

/Empire owns Jedi.