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Creative Speculation

William Seger

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4. Well, the "teeth" are JPG artifacts

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2015, 12:50 PM

Mar 2015

JPG compression operates on 8x8 pixel squares, so it frequently causes artifacts that also fall in 8x8 squares. Your images have been enlarged with an algorithm that smooths our pixelization (intentionally, to make a nicer looking image), but a straight pixel enlargement and histogram adjustment show that the "teeth" align with other JPG artifacts:

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weird.....http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images....photo... this is weird [View all] Ichingcarpenter Mar 2015 OP

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looks more like mezo american stonework Ichingcarpenter Mar 2015 #3

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Well, the "teeth" are JPG artifacts William Seger Mar 2015 #4

As for the "eye" ... William Seger Mar 2015 #5

ab0ve top secret site leaders said the arifacts Ichingcarpenter Mar 2015 #6

Do you have a link? (n/t) William Seger Mar 2015 #7