Fluvius primus 'Martis ( latin first river of mars )

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(Bottom-middle of panoramic).

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Probably one of NASAs greatest blunders in their whole history of the exploration of Mars was to photograph a stunning example of an underground recently active stream / spring at around Sol 707 and then simply drive on by to a pre determined destination throwing away a golden opportunity for scientific research which is what the Curiosity rover is designed to do at a cost of $2,500,000,000.

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The spring feature can be found at the bottom centre of the panoramic and consists of two classic seep markings about an area of smoothed sand indicating an accumulation of seeping over time.

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The seeps appear to source from fissures in the rock layer and will be draining the higher ground as the martian summer heats the area in temperatures that can reach 30 degrees at peak.

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The scale of this image is best related to

an approx method by comparing to the rover tracks

at the same distance from the mastcam thus the

water streak on the right would be about five to six inches.

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(cont;)The tear drop patterns at the end of the streaks would be consistant with the standard candle of a drop of water although I am not certain if by using fluid dynamics that the surface tension of a drop of water would behave differently in a much less dense atmosphere.

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Rover & tracks scale comparison image link >

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I suspect NASA know about these images now and prefer not to tell for obvious embarresing reasons though I was the first to proccess and publish them at the time as I was creating panoramics on a daily basis when the data arived in raw format.

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UPDATE OCTOBER 2015

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SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH >

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Proof of underground pooling of pockets of pressurised water & vapour that create underground trapped resources that could be tapped into by visiting astronauts.

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If you observe the righthand side water streak

at the centre bottom of pan you will notice above

some rocks that have a bowl like relief that then has another bowl impress directly above.

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The only conclusion of such atifacts perfectly inline is the gradual drainage of water that is trapped under ground pressure and creates these pockets of h2o that pressurise the surrounding sediments into pot like clay relief shapes or fill the gaps inbetween sediment sections to later reveal these very interesting shapes..

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> CLICK HERE TO VIEW > gigapan.com/gigapans/164720/snapshots/468345

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This area is littered with hardended clay like materials of thinned out pot like chards and also

spherical erosion reliefs within now exposed rocks which would of been underground before natural erosion forces exposed them for us all to enjoy.

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LIFE ON MARS PREDICTION

(Theirs life in them their Martian hills folks)

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From that data present at gale crater and the

current seasonal properites of Mars I can

predict what type of life could be present

as the greatest chance candidate.

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Chemically produtive bacteria, algae and worms.

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The meathane plumes on Mars linked to the warm

season or Martian summer could be generated by

both bacteria and also worms which can live

together in a simple food chain and Mars early

much wetter conditions would of been perfect

for the propagation of such life as occured also very early in Earths history.

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MEATHANE, WORMS AND THE INCREASED PRODUCTION OF THIS GREENHOUSE GAS IN ZERO OXYGEN CONDITIONS > www.wormfarmingsecrets.com/general-worm-composting/worm-composting-methane-production /

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The huge amount of trapped water in sub ground level terrain such as canyons, valleys and craters will allow for seasonal draining of huge amounts of trapped mineralised water stored as ice or trapped in ground pressurised pockets just below the surface.This water will move between the more porous layers below the surface or fissures and with the heating of the sun allow for bateria to reproduce attracting higher life forms like worms that can feed on both bateria and algae if present.

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These primitve but key evolotionary speices may of been present when Mars was covered in glacial & volcanic lakes and shallow seas so we cant dismiss their presence now when we have hardly scratched the surface of Mars todate.

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The great problem now is finding such life for without placing an exavator on Mars to dig for such life it will be very difficult to find worms that will live and die underground though drilling deep may produce the bacteria discovery as a greater probability against the problems of locating much more problematic larger sub surface creatures.

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NASAs reluctance to publish this data, admit this find & avoid this panoramic in its press packs and to instead play safe and announce seeps are a reality on Mars is because they accept they have to start making conclusions about information & should adopt the same spirit as the early American gold prospectors who didnt let the fear of failure stand in their way.

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It is also worrying that a golden opportunity was missed to examine a spring like this with its water eroded rocks to uncover the mystery of water cycling in Gale crater through what I term "Mission blindness".

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I created this panoramic myself from the raw data and used an array of combined techniques to enhance the focus, remove Jpeg maggoting, increase the lighting in the shadows, remove noise with out loss and alter the colours to simulate Earth conditions and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did creating it.