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#1 2004-03-11 19:57:14

ERRORIST
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From: OXFORD ALABAMA
Registered: 2004-01-28
Posts: 1,182

Re: Sphere triplets???

Are they cells dividing or bacteria reproducing ?[http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/m/046/1M132266947EFF05AMP2987M2M1.HTML]http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery....M1.HTML

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#2 2004-03-12 03:02:50

chaosman
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From: Germany
Registered: 2004-02-22
Posts: 39

Re: Sphere triplets???

Reminds me of proliferating yeast. See the following site for visible example:

[http://www.ifr.bbsrc.ac.uk/ncyc/Default.html]http://www.ifr.bbsrc.ac.uk/ncyc/Default.html


Of course there is a big gap regarding dimensions (a yeast cell is only a few microns long).

And I would find it very unlikely if these marbles were single celled organisms.

I could rather imagine some kind of a higher developed spherical bacterial colony...or the fruit body of some kind of "mushroom" living inside rocks or inside soil..or...whatever...

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#3 2004-03-12 04:39:09

Yang Liwei Rocket
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Registered: 2004-03-03
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Re: Sphere triplets???

I think its a little too early to start jumping up and down and shouting "Its Alive"

but these martian pictures are wondeful indeed and need further investigations


'first steps are not for cheap, think about it...
did China build a great Wall in a day ?' ( Y L R newmars forum member )

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