Hey Travis!
I saw this the other day, and it damn sure looks like a rat to me! Probably filmed in Arizona or New Mexico, somewhere close to the set where the moon landings were filmed! <Grin>! On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > ** > Dr. Eowyn posted: " A photo taken on Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover > is causing quite a stir because some see in it a Martian rat. Mike Wall > reports for SPACE.com, May 31, 2013, that UFO buffs spotted the purported > "Mars rat" in a panoramic photo snapped in Septe" Respond to this post > by replying above this line > New post on *Fellowship of the Minds* > <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/eowyn2/> Rat on > Mars?<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2013/06/01/rat-on-mars/> by > Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/eowyn2/> > > > > A photo taken on Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover is causing quite a stir > because some see in it a Martian rat. > > Mike Wall > reports<http://news.yahoo.com/mars-rat-taking-internet-storm-232339941.html>for > SPACE.com, May 31, 2013, that UFO buffs spotted the purported "Mars > rat" in a panoramic photo snapped in September 2012 by NASA's Curiosity > rover <http://www.space.com/17963-mars-curiosity.html>. Zooming in on a > portion of the image reveals what appears to be *a rodent crouching > between two rocks*, its nose to the ground. > > Scott Waring wrote at UFO Sightings Daily: > <http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/2012/12/nasa-almost-makes-historical.html>"It's > a cute rodent on Mars. Note its lighter-color upper and lower eyelids, its > nose and cheek areas, its ear, its front leg and stomach. Looks similar to > a squirrel camouflaged in the stones and sand by its colors." > > In an update to what he wrote last December, Waring even raised the > possibility that NASA flew the rat to Mars secretly, as part of an > experiment testing out the Red Planet's ability to support life as we know > it. "Why would they not tell us about it?" Waring wrote. "Because the > squirrel would be expected to die eventually and that would get PETA > [People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals] to fight against them in a > court of law." > > The Mars rat has now gone viral, jumping from the pages of UFO Sightings > Daily to more mainstream publications such as Discovery News, Fox News, and > SPACE.com. > > The rodent has even picked up its own Twitter account, @RealMarsRat. Just > 49 people were following the rat as of Friday afternoon (May 31), but > that's still pretty good for a rodent. > > Here's the pic on > Yahoo<http://news.yahoo.com/lightbox/mars-rat-taking-internet-storm-photo-232339443.html> > : > > [image: Mars > rat]<http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/mars-rat.jpg>Hmm. > That thing between the two rocks does look sorta like a rodent. > > I enlarged the "rodent": > > [image: Mars > rat1]<http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/mars-rat1.jpg>Scientists > say it's highly unlikely that a rat, squirrel, lizard or any other organism > could survive on the cold, dry Martian surface today, although the Red > Planet may still be able to support microbial life in select underground > pockets. They say the Martian rat is actually an example of a psychological > phenomenon called pareidolia -- the tendency of the human brain to perceive > animals or other familiar shapes in vague or random images. > > What do you think? LOL > > Rats on Mars is nothing. I'm still waiting on a follow-up on that > *Wired*magazine article about the two DARPA (DoD's Defense > Advanced Research Projects Agency <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA>) > scientists who claimed a teenage Obama had teleported to and back from Mars > in a secret CIA project in the early 1980s. (See "Obama went to > Mars?!<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/obama-went-to-mars/>," > Jan. 11, 2o12.) > > H/t FOTM's igor > > *~Eowyn* > *Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/eowyn2/>* | > June 1, 2013 at 5:07 pm | Tags: Curiosity > rover<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=curiosity-rover>, > DARPA <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=darpa>, > pareidolia<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=pareidolia>, > Scott Waring <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=scott-waring>, UFO > Sightings > Daily<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=ufo-sightings-daily>| > Categories: > Animals <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=817426>, > NASA<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=1836>, > Science & technology <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=1749>, > United > States <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=5850> | URL: > http://wp.me/pKuKY-lV6 > > > Comment<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2013/06/01/rat-on-mars/#respond> > See all > comments<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2013/06/01/rat-on-mars/#comments> > > Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage > Subscriptions<https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=80d8873ee52adffe4e178d01c25562cf&email=goosepickles%40gmail.com>. > > > *Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your browser: > http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2013/06/01/rat-on-mars/ > Thanks for flying with WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com> > > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. 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