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MO3-00946
Coprates, wide-angle, presented previously under "The
TOWER" |
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East of "The TOWER" <presented previously> there is an artificial ridge serving as a berm to a WATER FILLED LAGOON with anomalous bizarre triangular "teeth" beneath the surface!! Also there is a flowing river cascading over a waterfall into a deep pool and flowing beyond! |
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"Mars UnEarthed" & Tripp McCann. 7/2/00, Presented 8/9/00 | |
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"LAGOON & RIDGE"
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"LAGOON" |
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Introduction
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Image: "Lagoon overview" detailed aspects of the fluid body and associated anomalous structure. |
The overall layout of the Lagoon area and features descussed are presented in Lagoon overview image. The southern boundary of this image begins the rise of the topography from beneath the lagoon "water" to surface level and continues to rise forming the Ridge section "B." The Lagoon area shows numerous characteristics of a fluid body. These identifying characteristics were previously presented in "Water World: Introduction"and are reiterated here imagery from the lagoon itself.
The Lagoon area as defined by image MO3-07455 shows the following characteristics
which indicatet to be a fluid body of "water":
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Tansparency: The Lagoon fluid body exhibits a transparency that diminishes with the depth of the fluid. Objects within the fluid lose definition of their shape as the objects depth increases.
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Object lines distorted:
Wave form dynamics refract objects beneath the surface and distort
the object's lines. This fluid wave forms are diferent than sand
dunes because the object is destorted by its image in the water
being refracted by the wave's presence overhead, wheras sand dunes
themselves are distorted by the object's presence. |
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Object Definition: Objects within the fluid body lose
definition and clarity while attaining a more uniform luminescence
or lighting as a result of the fluid body refracting light waves
and making a more uniform coloration. Similarly objects above
the fluid body have sharper detail, higher object definition and
and exhibit more varied luminance and coloration.
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Wave Forms Distorted by Shallow Subsurface Objects: Waves on the surface of fluid bodies are affected by shallow sub-surface objects. The presence of these shallow objects affects the wave dynamics and slows the wave over shallow objects.Typically Earth water waves rotate fluid particles within the fluid body in a circular pattern to a depth of 3x the wavelength; this subsurface particle rotation effect diminishes with depth, becoming essentiall zero at a depth approximately 3x the wavelength. If the particle rotation is inhibited by the presence of a body beneath the wave, the wave dynamics are inhibited and the object is slowed over the object. This local slowing of the fluid wave gives the wave a curved appearance when compared to portions of the same wave not slowed by the presence of shallow objects underneath.
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Fluid Calm On Leeward Side of Objects: Waves are deminished on the leeward <down wind> side of protruding objects and shallow subsurface objects. This is as a result of the of the protruding objects blocking the wind generated waves and the shallow subsurface objects having deminished the wav size by inhibiting the wave dynamics <expressed in #4 above>
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The clearly evident fluid characteristics of the "Lagoon" area make it difficutl to deny this is a fluid body. Some have attempted to dismiss the waves as sand dunes. While sand dunes. like fluid waves are diminished on the leeward side of objects, Sand dunes are typically abruptly terminated by objects and do not traverse over the object and still allow the object to be seen beneath the dune wave form. This is just simple logic. Dunes will also not refract linear objects beneath them, making that object's line and form appear to be abruptly displaced, as water wave refraction does.
There are several evident anomalies within the Lagoon waters. These anomalies are:
Triangular shaped "Teeth": There are 9 or 10 "teeth" beneath the surface in the northern area of the Lagoon. These "teeth" are equilateral triangular shaped and some appear to be conical. The purpose of these "teeth" can not be reasonably surmised, however their localized linear, equidistant arrangement and uniform shape make them clearly a non-natural, artificial construct. Some have offered that that these "teeth" might be similar to stalagmites, which are typically seen in cave formations. These "teeth" can not be stalagtites nor stalagmites because they result from the slow dripping of mineral saturated water from the ceilings of caves. There is no overhang present here to form these objects.
Twin Parallel Columns: Beneath the
"teeth" there are TWO large cylindrical "Columns' that
trend to the North/Northeast and dissapear in the Lagoon's depth. These
columns also appear to be clearly non-natural, artificial constructs.
The sides and ends of the columns appear to be pitted, making them appear
to be a relict construction abandoned in the Lagoon. Some have compared
these columns to the "Tubes". This seems to me to be unlikely
because the Column ends have no evidence of their being hollow despite
the pitting. Also there is no evidence of any regularly spaced "arch"
supports.
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Twin Columns: In the right hand image the first column is outlined in red dots. The second column is behind the first, up and two the right. The Right hand image shows the image negative. The pitted column surface is most evident in the right image at the lower right end of the column. |
Sub-Surface
CAVE: South East of the "Teeth"
and the Twin Columns there is a large subsurface Cave. Such a cave might
normally be considered a natural occurance. However the presence of
the artificial Ridge to contain the Lagoon waters and the artificial
"teeth" and columns within the Lagoon itself make this gaping
cave highly suspect. Conceivably such a cave might serve as an intake
or outflow for use of the Lagoon waters. The steam coming from the "Tower"
stack makes the use of the water from the Lagoon in processing highly
likely.
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Cave: large gaping cave along left margin of image. |
The Presence of the cave is supported by the existance
of a large "Rift" within the Lagoon area itself evident in
both wide-angle images, M03-00946 and M03-07456.
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The Lagoon is a large fluid body. The southern Ridges seem to be artificial constructs serving to contain the fluid body <water> within the Lagoon area. Conceivably the fluids in the Lagoon are used somehow and result in the discharged steam from the "Tower" to the East. The Entire Lagoon, Ridge, River and "Tower" area seems to be contain numerous artificial construction which imply further construction underground and within the Ridges themselves.