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Here we go again! Another 'artifact' imaged on Mars. April 13, 2012 7:35 pm Jeff-Wash

There’s a buzz on the internet right now about an image of  a rectangular thing on the surface of Mars an honest to goodness monolith?  Photoshop?… Or a late April Fools hoax?

Who was that guy on the old BBS site?

james? Man,  I think he might be screaming right now, “I told you so!”

:)

  • 20 years later: Ground Control, we have discovered life on Mars. I repeat, we have discovered life on Mars. It appears ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-14 01:32:23
    • That is the box the elephant stood on. The only mystery is how it got so far away. by bowser 2012-04-13 20:47:53
      • Bingo! It's probably a flat rectangular rock. Podrock can fill you in on the details. Here's the link: http://www.livescience.com/19636-monolith-mars-2001-space-odyssey.html by Jeff-Wash 2012-04-13 20:25:19
        • A block o' Talus, as the article suggested, would be my first explanation as well. Watch that link, though, it ... by podrock 2012-04-14 05:31:17
        • Another fellow comes to mind too from the old BBS site. He or she went by the username: "Mars Revealer". ... by Jeff-Wash 2012-04-13 19:41:07

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