Comments on: Pointy rocks on Mars https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/pointy-rocks-on-mars/ Wed, 18 May 2022 06:12:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/pointy-rocks-on-mars/#comment-1331117 Wed, 18 May 2022 06:12:50 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84794#comment-1331117 Looks a lot like Vasquez Rocks, but with extra flake layers! Made from scratch.

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/pointy-rocks-on-mars/#comment-1331095 Wed, 18 May 2022 04:42:59 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84794#comment-1331095 gary–
highly suggest you visit Archive (dot) Org and check out their collection of public-domain SF movies. Everything is free to watch (embedded player) and/or download in multiple qualities.

…some animation…

Bob Clampett
Test Animation (1936)
“John Carter of Mars”
https://youtu.be/bTAlgZlqwnQ
2:27

]]> By: Col Beausabre https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/pointy-rocks-on-mars/#comment-1331024 Wed, 18 May 2022 00:08:56 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84794#comment-1331024 “The more images we get from Mars, the more it looks (to me) like those 1950s SciFi movie representations, without John Carter and exotic life forms.”

They’re hiding and laying a trap for us Imperialist colonizers. Free Mars! FREEDOM IN THE GALAXY!!

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/pointy-rocks-on-mars/#comment-1331016 Tue, 17 May 2022 23:38:39 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84794#comment-1331016 In reply to gary.

gary: Now Robinson Crusoe on Mars is a much better choice. A fine film also.

]]> By: gary https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/pointy-rocks-on-mars/#comment-1331015 Tue, 17 May 2022 23:33:11 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84794#comment-1331015 Good spot Bob. Maybe this visual from “Robinson Crusoe on Mars” (1964) is better.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058530/mediaviewer/rm1677154560/

I loved old SciFi movies on Saturdays and after school.

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/pointy-rocks-on-mars/#comment-1330978 Tue, 17 May 2022 22:27:41 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84794#comment-1330978 In reply to gary.

gary: Except the visual you link to comes from 2012 movie, with its visuals based on images such as this.

]]> By: pawn https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/pointy-rocks-on-mars/#comment-1330937 Tue, 17 May 2022 21:10:22 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84794#comment-1330937 Wow!

]]> By: gary https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/pointy-rocks-on-mars/#comment-1330927 Tue, 17 May 2022 20:48:19 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84794#comment-1330927 The more images we get from Mars, the more it looks (to me) like those 1950s SciFi movie representations, without John Carter and exotic life forms.

https://www.slantmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/lists_15famousmarsmovies.jpg

]]> By: BtB’s Original Mark https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/pointy-rocks-on-mars/#comment-1330916 Tue, 17 May 2022 20:08:20 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84794#comment-1330916 ‘Dragon’s Lair’ is what I would call these formations of layered and jagged, pointy rocks.

]]> By: Gary H https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/pointy-rocks-on-mars/#comment-1330900 Tue, 17 May 2022 19:19:25 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84794#comment-1330900 When viewing the full size image you can see a white rock against the base of the cliff. I wonder what it is and where did it come from? Thanks for posting.

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