BACKGROUND:
The photograph analyzed here (P13_006238_2219_XN_41N303W ) was acquired by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Context Camera on 2007-11-25 and is described as ‘Protonilus Mensae.’
ANALYSIS:
Featured here is a huge opening or cavern on the side of a mound at a site in Protonilus Mensae in the Northern mid-latitudes of Mars. The larger section of the opening measure approximately 820 metres wide. There appears to be a bridging part to the bottom left spanning the opening. Darker material is seen to the bottom right of the opening.
Could this be an artificial opening in the side of a structure covered in sand to blend into the surroundings, an entrance way to the Mars underground? Possibly a vent that vented the darker material onto the Martian surface?
As always, until we get to see these anomalies up close and personal and investigate them in detail, I can only speculate as to what these objects might be.
THE ANOMALIES ON MARS:
Following is an elevated view of the site as seen in Google Earth Pro (with the Mars option in the main menu selected):
Following are cropped images taken from the original MRO CTX photograph as well as close-up views of the anomalies upscaled using Topaz Labs’ Gigapixel (more about Gigapixel below).
MY YOUTUBE VIDEO:
MRO | Huge Cavern or Opening in Protonilus Mensae on Mars:
ORIGINAL NASA SOURCE:
http://viewer.mars.asu.edu/viewer/ctx/P13_006238_2219_XN_41N303W
GIGAPAN:
https://megalithicmars.com/images/2025/P13_006238_2219_XN_41N303W_1-6x.png
IMAGE UPSCALING:
To see more examples of how well this image upscaler works and to read about the technology used please refer to the following web page:
https://www.topazlabs.com/gigapixel
Topaz Labs’ Gigapixel is not the run-of-the-mill free AI image upscaler. It is an expensive piece of sophisticated software used in studios and by professional photographers around the world, even NASA uses Topaz Labs upscaling technology.
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DISCLAIMER:
Many or all of the anomalies/artefacts covered in this presentation may be naturally occurring geological features caused by some type of geological processes, however due to the lack of specific information from the source we can only speculate whether these are all natural or some artificial in nature.
In cases where I say an anomaly looks like something I’m attempting to clarify what I see and not specifically that the anomaly is what I say it looks like.
My intention is only to share anomalies I’ve discovered on Mars and not to convince anyone that there is or was a civilization on Mars.
As Will Farrar from WhatsUpInTheSky says: “I see what I see, you see what you see.”
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