Gargoyle and Rocky Dome with Opening

Latitude	10.59°
Longitude	141.10°

Bright mesa with two dark pits near E side of Medusae Fossae Formation

NASA Catalog:

http://ida.wr.usgs.gov/html/fha011/fha01160.html

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2.87 m

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Enhancements

We are looking at the entire collection of MOC image stripes. There are so many anomalies here that we will only enhance a few. Some of the interesting areas are outlined in blue. Although we reduced the number of colors to 256 to keep the image sizes reasonable, investigators are encouraged to study these images using maximum resolution, where a lot more detail comes out.

The first enhancement is the large structure within the large blue oval in the left portion of the image.

It is uncertain what this may be, but during the process of repeatedly magnify and unmagnifying, we noticed that the area outlined in red appears to be a circular dome with a vertical, ground-level, keyhole-shaped opening. Inside the dome are very different structures including what seems to be a slender structure shaped something like the torii gate in front of a Shinto shrine, the standing stones Stonehenge, or the colonnades of an Egyptian temple.

We also spotted a pyramidal structure slightly behind and to the right of the dome, partly out of view. This we also marked in blue.

This is, without a doubt, one of the weirdest images we have seen yet.

This object was found inside the large blue oval, slightly to the right of center. It stands about 230 m (750') high.

Is it a bearded, 2-horned gargoyle with a shaggy mane on the right side of its neck, with its left shoulder seen edge-on and its massive head cocked as if to look at us, carrying a large shield? It is striding forward (facing the left side of your screen) with its right foot ahead of its left and the knees slightly bent.

What an unusual artifact this is!

This feature certainly gives us a creepy sensation, in bearing an uncanny resemblance to medieval depictions of "Satan".

This whole area deserves a lot of further study.