This was discussed before.
It is mostly an artefact of image processing. It might be a rocky outcrop, or just a patch or lighter coloured sand. The squary-ness is what is called 'pixelation' and is a result of trying to magnify an image beyond its true resolution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixelation
That anyone would report it without realising this suggests a really low standard of reporting.
13 Feb 12
This guy must be the type that has no problems when CSI zooms in on the reflection of a bumper to see the reflection on a store window which shows the killer.
Amazing how you can take 12 pixels of an image, a miniscule white blip on a giant planet, and presume that those pixels are an exact and accurate representation of what is on the surface of Mars.
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13 Feb 12
Originally posted by forkedknightAnd yet, you can make a seven-letter password un-"hack"-able by typing really quickly.
Amazing how you can take 12 pixels of an image, a miniscule white blip on a giant planet, and presume that those pixels are an exact and accurate representation of what is on the surface of Mars.
It is ridiculous what these media numbskulls will believe when it comes to computers. It would be amusing if the general public wasn't so likely to believe that journalists know what they're talking about.
Richard
29 Feb 12
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Originally posted by mikelomI have one of Atlantis in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean LOL on Google Earth
OMG? 😲...... There ISSZZZZ life on Mars. Proof at last!
Whoopeeeee.
William Hill owes me 3.4 quadrillion baht! 😀
Wet HEY! I'm over the moon!
-m. 😉
Looks man made but obviously someone could of placed (Hacked) that image in there somehow and also it could be a natural formation. 🙂
@ 31' 16'55.99 N by 24'22'55.30 W looks like lines or tracks ?
Manny
01 Mar 12
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Originally posted by menace71Its pretty well known to those of us who use Google earth a lot, that these are sonar tracks of ships. They are all over the oceans, not just here. They are basically lines of higher resolution in the data. However Google recently changed Google earth to make it look more uniform from higher up, so such things are now a lot less obvious.
Looks man made but obviously someone could of placed (Hacked) that image in there somehow and also it could be a natural formation. 🙂
@ 31' 16'55.99 N by 24'22'55.30 W looks like lines or tracks ?
I have no problem with amateur arm chair adventurers using tools like Google Earth or Google Mars to learn about the universe and maybe even find stuff in the imagery that nobody else has noticed. But when a reporter takes up stories like these and turns them into a sensationalist articles, and doesn't even bother to check the basic facts, or print the well known explanation for a phenomena, then they are being irresponsible.
02 Mar 12
Originally posted by twhiteheadLol Whats the problem, did you get a fright.
I have no problem with amateur arm chair adventurers using tools like Google Earth or Google Mars to learn about the universe and maybe even find stuff in the imagery that nobody else has noticed. But when a reporter takes up stories like these and turns them into a sensationalist articles, and doesn't even bother to check the basic facts, or print the well known explanation for a phenomena, then they are being irresponsible.[/b]
02 Mar 12
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Originally posted by twhiteheadWell, it might be a missile silo. Bet you never thought of THAT one🙂
Huh? I have a problem with people deliberately spreading misinformation for sensationalist reasons. I don't see why you think I got a fright. Frightened by what?
Seriously, I would like to see this cleared up, as it were🙂 We can put it to bed just like the 'face on mars'. I think some people still think it's a face, even with better images.....
I think it will be interesting to find out just what it is, assuming it is just a natural outcrop of rocks, the clearly white color has to be saying something about the mineralization in that area.