Not Trees, No ... But Not Ice Trails Either ...

Many thanks to The Sun newspaper for its latest 'Mars headline' story entitled 'Leaf On Mars' and its revelation, quote/unquote: "A Mars probe has stunned NASA scientists by sending home pictures of what look like TREES. Rows of dark "conifers" appear to sprout from alien hills on the Red Planet. But the scene is actually a remarkable optical illusion. For the view is of sand dunes coated with a thin layer of frozen carbon dioxide - or dry ice - less than 240 miles from the planet's north pole. The "trees" are really trails of debris caused by landslides as ice melts in Mars's spring." ... the image above right is the reversal of the photograph which appears with this new's story. They are most certainly RIGHT they are NOT trees. But they are most certainly not 'trails of debris caused by landslides' either. For one, a close inspection of these anomaly areas indicate they are upwards not along the ground. Secondly, there is most certainly deliberate tampering of this photograph. The reversing of the image from The Sun, and colour balancing to an assumed 'true colouration' ... appears to indicate areas of snow in the photograph. It also uncovers several areas of interest, indicated by the red arrows ... blatant covering up of what seems to be 'structures' (buildings and walls). The 'trees'/'debris trails' may have been added into the photograph to hide what is really in those areas.