Processed Version of e_1701041.imq.jpg at MSSS
see http://www.mactonnies.com/cydonia.html (page 38)
Related links:
http://ida.wr.usgs.gov
www.msss.com/moc_gallery/e13_e18/images/E17/E1701041.html
I've learned that a processed version of
e_1701041.imq.jpg appears at Malin Space Science
Systems' website (see "Related links"). This "cleaner"
and more accessible version was posted in early April,
without fanfare. Besides the Face, seen in its
entirety for the first time since 2001, the MSSS image
shows the controversial "Coathanger" feature in high
resolution (the "fin-like object" mentioned in the
previous post).
It seems that while the particular file format of
e_1701041.imq.jpg is in fact unique to the USGS
indexing system, the image has indeed been made
public, contrary to yesterday's assessment. So while
my "coverup" allegations suffer a blow, my arguments
pretaining to NASA's public accountability remain
valid. While the striking image on the MSSS site is
available for all to see, it was inserted into the
MSSS online catalogue with utmost quiet . . . so quiet
that yesterday's encounter with the raw file convinced
me I that was dealing with an unreleased image. (To my
knowledge, the existence of this image was unknown
apart from a few anomalists, who have confessed
puzzlement.)
As image processor Chris Joseph notes,
e_1701041.imq.jpg allows the creation of a true stereo
pair when matched to 2001's E03-00824: a first for
Face researchers. Fortunately, the ancillary data
"missing" from the USGS site is readily available from
MSSS.
In summary, e_1701041.imq.jpg would seem to be
"never-before-seen" in a merely technical sense. This
is not without interest to Mars anomaly research. But
it does not reflect the sort of covert study
implicated in the the previous post. However, the new
Face image's silent debut in the MSSS catalogue is
cause for concern. Without forewarning, how is the
public to know when new images of controversial
features are made available? And why would MSSS go to
the trouble to rephotograph the Face -- a feature it
has pronounced as perfectly natural and uninteresting
-- of its own choosing? Other images of the Face,
including 1998's "catbox" and last year's flawed MOLA
rendering, were released along with predictable
official "debunking." In fact, it was all-too-easy to
believe that urge to "debunk" came before the need to
objectively address strange morphologies on the
Cydonia plain.
The e_1701041.imq.jpg image is unique in that it was
taken without pressure from external parties (such as
the Formal Action Committee for Extra-Terrestrial
Studies). Further, it was released almost "invisibly."
One might infer that NASA indeed has an unspoken
interest in the Face, and that e_1701041.imq.jpg is
evidence of a quiet campaign to learn more about the
Cydonia region without causing a stir among
independent researchers. The spectacle of MSSS
reimaging Cydonia and releasing the results sans the
usual attempt to "scotch this thing for good"
(arguably NASA's raison d'etre in 1998) is almost
surreal. Nevertheless, this might be what we are
seeing.
