Remember where this string started? It was fascinating -
Has anyone got any ideas as to what this is?
Another image is further down in this post
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Below is an excellent version of this 'object' - the 'gear and squiggly'. It was so good that it led me to look very closely at what suggests 'gear' in the image. I also thought about
what Ric cautioned us about in his reply #214 on Jan. 14, 2012 in this string - that TIGHAR had already noticed this feature and the 'squiggly' stuff appeared to be organic.
I personally think the black squiggly thing is natural organic material and only a few inches long. I don't see a strut. I see some curious straight edges that may indicate a man-made object - but whatever it is, if anything, is quite small.
Since then he reported learning that it seems to resemble a shipboard gasket material, so a nautical source may have put it here.
But the gear 'shape' remained interesting - but tempered also because Ric also noted that the 'object' was likely 'inches', not 'feet' in scale - so it was not likely to be a landing gear.
Here is the 'clear' shot with the 'gear' circled in one still, and another of it with my own outlines of red (for apparent rocks) and yellow (for some general shadow outline highlighting).
I have to admit it is humbling. When I first 'saw' the 'gear' I was electrified and as you will recall our initial string of excitement over this ran for many pages. I now 'see' it is 'rocks' in a natural but odd looking arrangement, and trust Ric's first-hand knowledge of the 'squiggly'. I guess it might still be interesting to know what Glickman might think of it.