Date of discovery: January 12, 2017
Location of discovery: Mars, 200 meters North of Sebina
NASA source 1: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/proj/msl/redops/ods/surface/sol/01576/opgs/edr/ncam/NRB_537406027EDR_F0600354NCAM00385M_.JPG
NASA source 2: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/proj/msl/redops/ods/surface/sol/01576/opgs/edr/ncam/NRB_537406052EDR_F0600354NCAM00385M_.JPG
I found a spaceship parked near a house in todays most recent batch of Curiosity rover photos posted to their site. There were actually two different views of it in two photos. At first I only saw the house in the distance with its four long long rectangle dark window openings. Then I soon realizes that there was a space ship parked just a little ways from the house.
You see, this is phycholoical manipulation that NASA has been playing for a long time. They take photos of mars and change the to a red color...they call it false color most the time, or they will only show black and white photos like here. Its very difficult for the untrained eye to make out any detail in a photo when its in black and white.
Since childhood my favorite photographer in the world has been Ansel Adams and he only take photos in black and white, I have learned a lot from his photos. You see, when you change a landscape into black and white, some more prominent subjects that are obvious to the eyes are now, less so. Red objects become dark grey, yellow objects become white grey, both becoming less attention grabbing. NASA is relying on the fact that most people have not learned to focus on the fine detail in back and white photos, but you can learn fast with effort. It just takes practice.
Scott C. Waring-Taiwan
