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Online Zakalwe

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UK Journalism at its best- The Daily Fail (Mail)
« on: January 19, 2014, 12:13:52 PM »
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2541410/What-mystery-object-spotted-Google-Moon-Bizarre-wedge-shaped-craft-appears-lunar-surface.html

The Daily Mail is a daily tabloid right-wing newspaper consumed by millions in the UK. It's favourite topics are how immigration is destroying the UK, Princess Diana and how life for nice, white, middle-class Little-Englanders is being ruined by the BBC, Lefties, immigration, the EU and the climate-change conspiracy theory. There must be enough material in it for someone to do a doctorate on crank magnetism though....

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Re: UK Journalism at its best- The Daily Fail (Mail)
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2014, 01:53:10 PM »
<Picard facepalm> Sigh. That's a pixellated crater, blown up beyond all reason.
Google Moon? Why does no one check the coordinates and see what LRO shows?

Also, don't they realize that Google Moon uses Clementine photos?  Those images are twenty years old!
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Re: UK Journalism at its best- The Daily Fail (Mail)
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2014, 02:16:38 PM »
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Offline smartcooky

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Re: UK Journalism at its best- The Daily Fail (Mail)
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2014, 07:32:54 PM »
Image in original orientation....






Rotate  it 90° CCW....






Zoom into other "suspicious" object near centre of image....



This looks familiar?

OMG... its a Space Invader that has escaped from a 1980's game arcade!!!!

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Offline Tedward

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Re: UK Journalism at its best- The Daily Fail (Mail)
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2014, 03:24:01 AM »
Cor, they are doing a lot of spacey type stuff latley? Rock in front of Opportunity ios getting some treatments as well.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2541383/Mystery-Mars-Rock-suddenly-appears-Opportunity-rover-leaving-scientists-baffled.html

Methinks there is something wrong with Opportunity, has it evolved?

Spil chacking giving me gip I see.
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Offline Peter B

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Re: UK Journalism at its best- The Daily Fail (Mail)
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2014, 06:39:00 AM »
Quote from: Tedward on January 20, 2014, 03:24:01 AM
Cor, they are doing a lot of spacey type stuff latley? Rock in front of Opportunity ios getting some treatments as well.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2541383/Mystery-Mars-Rock-suddenly-appears-Opportunity-rover-leaving-scientists-baffled.html

Methinks there is something wrong with Opportunity, has it evolved?

Spil chacking giving me gip I see.
To be fair, the Opportunity story is intriguing. Having said that, though, a poster on UM has produced an excellent piece of work to show the rock's path: http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=261048&st=75#entry5051074
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Re: UK Journalism at its best- The Daily Fail (Mail)
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2014, 12:56:24 PM »
Ah. They have spotted they used the wrong image and put the right one in. It was a picture of Curiosity.
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