A Pentagonal Arrangement of Mounds?
Cydonia, Mars ~ NASA MGS Cydonia 3 pentagonal arrangement of mounds

Cydonia Image 3 (MIPL) by NASA/JPL/MSSS 


 

pentagon animation

Cydonia Image 3 (MIPL) by NASA/JPL/MSSS
 

 I noticed five light spots which seem to form a pentagon. The spots appear to be small mounds. The lower right mound was elongated. A row of mounds extended off to the left. Connecting the dots of the mounds yielded the idea to make this page. Granted the pentagon isn’t perfect, but the data set isn’t the best either. For now, I believe that this is very interesting.

 

The third mound from the left of the extended line had a center point about a pixel above where the center line would be, so I placed the red dot one pixel below where it should be. That's called “fudging” the data. If there is an outrage over that, I can redo the animation. This is for purpose of illustration and speculation. Just as the surface of the Earth may shift over time, it may be presumed that the surface of Mars may do so as well over the course of time.

The mounds are about 4 pixels in diameter. At 3.6 meters per pixel this would make them about 14.2 meters or just about 46 feet in diameter. There is a large range of possible values because of the resolution of the image. Any where from 40 to 50 feet would be in the ballpark. The diameter of the pentagon is about 136.8 meters or 455 feet.

What is notable to me is the similarity of size and the arangement. The area inside of the “pentagon” is also noticebly darker than the surronding area.

What is even more interesting is that the angle formed by the line extended from the top of the pentagon to the left is quite similar to the angle of the illuminated faces of the two hills (pyramids?), the row of objects (Trailer Park) and the orientation of the “face.” The base of a hill above the two hills (pyramids?) also has the same angle.

Theories:

  1. They are just hills or rocks and their size and arrangment are coincidental. The arrangement is due to perception rather than an actual pattern.
  2. They are an artificially constructed mound structure similar to man-made mound structures on Earth.
  3. They are the remnants of support pylons or a foundation for a structure which is no longer standing. For example— a geodesic dome.
  4. They are something else!

Well there you have it. Check the images for more “structures” aligned at the same angle. Maybe there is something to it. Maybe not.

The process was as follows to generate the animation:

  1. contrast enhancement
  2. place the red dots
  3. draw the lines of the pentagon and the extended line.
  4. draw the line from the top left of the pentagon to the 2nd mound from the left on the extended line
  5. fill in the lighter areas around the light spots with red.
  6. inverted curve—negative and contrast enhancement to make the spots stand out.

The numbers represent each successive frame.

Rupert R. Chappelle

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