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And where does the mysterious planet come from? Possible Answer: Wikepedia explores the Asteroid belt so well that the writer says, "Some scientists believe (this and that) while others believe (that and this) .. a recognition that theories are not fact until full proven. Among the questioned t...

Harry - and there is also a word with many more letters than four - Letter to the Ephesians - Letter to the Galatians - hey, Galacians .. maybe they were from the Galaxy.

Here's my picture of how Phobos came to be as it is. 1. Layers of ice and volcanic rock (probably ash) laid down on a planet in a place like Antarctica. 2. The planet is shattered. 3. Phobos without Stickney is captured by Jupiter or Saturn in an eliptical orbit, and the stresses cause an accordian ...

volcanic steam vent and mud pot (mud pot resembling a crater)

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/steam ... 1697722080

John, this forum to me is recreation, not work. If this forum were employment I would ensure I would "cite" my references, and I would ensure I have photos of strata crossing and bent into 'U's. If you ave seen the Rocky Mountains, or probably the Alps, you will have seen what was once oce...

I agree, Kovil - I've though many times that crystals are a life form .. and when I visited the Museum of Nature in Ottawa, and saw those fuzzy little baby rocks inside the fuzzy mother rock's womb the idea came to me that rock and crystal both are life forms. Can we say that a turtle's shell is ali...

BMA You are a danged hindrance to my self-assurance! I wish these photos would include a scale of some kind, or I would read the captions more closely - I thought this was a photo from the orbiter. Thanks for the information. I still believe I'm right .. but being right can cause headaches if you're...

Photo of Steam Vent groove on Mars -

John - this one exactly matches my theory! My goodness - I was right afer all!

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007 ... races.html

An excellent example of volcanic steam vent craters on earth. http://debris.com/galleries/main.php?g2_itemId=626 These two craters creating a groove. One small example of a steam vent crater on earth - bottom left of this photo. Another example of a steam vent crater on earth.http://www.bighorngalle...

Congratulations John and thank you for attempting to explain why you believe what you believe. However .. steam venting on Phobos would probably create craters because there is no atmospheric pressure to prevent the steam exploding when it reached the surface. Steam in Phobo's interior would be kept...

Oops.

My apologies, Bystander.

Well Bystander - Sputdick is about all there is that way these days - and even in the good days that kind of thing was always vastly over valued.

I've suggested to admin that they list the topics in order by date.

The page listing the topics is confused because it's not in order of date - a change here would help prevent multiple threads on the same photo.

I see, said the blind man .. how can I avoid this in the future? Does each photo have a link to its topic?

I really don't understand whay you're saying about threads .. as far as I know there was only one topic started per photo.

Hi Bystander - One of the major faults of some posters is that they do not read posts, merely scan. I've been very carefully examining all John's posts (as well as others' posts) considering Crater Chains, as well as all the photos, and commenting carefully on them - to summarize: my main objection ...

Bystander - I thanked Astro for that one in a post above .. remarkable photo - beautiful - Lions of heaven and earth.

Exactly, Bystander - attempts to educate are valuable - however, for John to simply say "the grooves are crater chains" without evidence of any kind, and without considering other possibilities, but simply expecting everyone to accept his view as fact, is not education, but the same tyrann...

"The comparison is drawn between viral self-assembly and the autonomous growth of non-living crystals. Virus self-assembly within host cells has implications for the study of the origin of life, as it lends credence to the hypothesis that life could have started as self-assembling organic molec...

From what I read in Scientific American, light has been brought to a near halt - as if frozen .. and it has also been speeded up, these things done with man's puny powers in laboratories - if man can do this how much more variable must the speed of light be when subjected to the powers of the univer...

These just in from posters on the Bacteri0phage topic. Recent infrared spectral data have shown that complex organic molecules can form rapidly (over a few thousand years) in the environments around old stars and are abundant in many regions of space. These elements and molecules will likely find th...

The organic molecules in clouds could perhaps grow in density and harmonic communication sufficient to achieve union, forming gas creatures (my new topic) .. an earthly example being the huge fungal life forms not detectable to the normal human eye but hundreds of years old .. a relatively short liv...

Thanks Astro - what a photo! I've seen many 'gas clouds' in apod photos which resemble life forms on earth - and I really do believe gas clouds can be life forms. Before the microscope was developed an imaginative person would have been ridiculed for suggesting a clear glass of water could be home t...

John, your reply is exactly why I've been writing that this forum is populated mostly by people who state their theories as if they're facts, most without substantiation of any kind .. however, my statement is untrue about most posters, but my opinion was swayed by your your many posts posts being e...