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the "geyser" image
Robert — (archived)

I remember that image from years ago, though not this particular version. After tracking down the original to get behind some heavy-handed image processing and see more of the surroundings, I determined that what it actually shows is a field of rectangular blocks, perhaps on a slope. It's one of those neatly ambiguous images that people seem to interpret based on suggestions from other people.

Can you see my interpretation now?

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/brfelix/m0803500geysersshadowfull.jpg


I've seen quite a few other images that could more plausibly argued show geysering. Robert Clark's found several images like that, I hope he weighs in. People have been theorizing about geysers for a long time, and several have claimed to have found them, so it's nice to see some scientific support for it. I just can't categorize that particular image as anything like geysering.

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