I found this color enhanced shot of dunes on Mars as seen by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft last Fall. Does it remind anyone of a scarred palm and a few fingers? Click to beautifully embiginate.
Feb 08 2012
Hand of Mars
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Trebuchet
February 8, 2012 at 7:12 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Back of the hand, I think, based on the way the “knuckles” are bent.
“Knuckles” is a funny word. Took me three tries to type it! New wallpaper anyhow.
johnbrockman
February 8, 2012 at 9:40 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
I’m with Trebuchety; looks like the knuckles of one of the great apes. I’m thinking gorilla.
StevoR
February 8, 2012 at 10:15 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Yup. Me – and I’d say you as well, right?
Been taking blogging lessons from the Bad Astronomer eh? ;-)
Nice photo. Not quite pareidolia (sp?) but close. Cheers.
F
February 9, 2012 at 2:23 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Yeah. Looks like the back of my hand, only the fingers are far too smooth. The color enhancement makes the relief appear more profound than in other images. But yeah, long live the proletariat.
njosprey
February 9, 2012 at 2:56 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Whoa! That must be the hand that goes with the “face on Mars.” Quick, call Erich von Däniken. Don’t believe? Just wait until they find the foot.
zahnarzt
February 10, 2012 at 8:04 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
That must be the print of where God rested his hand while crafting Earth!