Man‑Made Wood‑Cell‑Like Structures on Mars

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Abstract

High‑resolution SuperCam imagery from NASA’s Perseverance rover (Sol 0033) reveals structured, polygonal materials arranged in organized patterns. Red‑arrowed materials, exceeding 1 mm in width, display coherent cellular textures similar to wood tissues in transverse view. These features are too ordered and large to arise from known geological mechanisms, instead resembling man‑made or engineered wood derivatives.

Introduction

Figures

Figure 1. Annotated SuperCam 0033 image showing man‑made wood‑cell‑like tissues (> 1 mm across). (Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fossil_lin/54872141679/ )

Above figure 1 is best viewed and described in details at https://www.flickr.com/photos/fossil_lin/54872141679/in/dateposted-public/

Figure 2. Comparative Earth analog: modern pine and Triassic petrified wood cross‑sections

The SuperCam instrument aboard Perseverance provides color close‑ups of Martian rock surfaces. In Sol 0033 imagery, annotated by Liangtai Lin (see Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fossil_lin/54872141679/), red‑arrowed areas show geometric modules consistent with cell walls and lumina. The corresponding NASA raw image is archived at: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/LRF_0033_0669865966_259EBY_N0031266SCAM01033_0010I6J.

Observations

Figure 1 displays the annotated SuperCam 0033 region. The red‑arrowed materials form organized, subparallel lamellae with internal cell‑like voids. These exceed 1 mm in diameter and are tightly grouped, showing high symmetry and boundary precision. Their distribution contrasts sharply with random vesicular textures or shrinkage fractures typically observed in Martian basalts and sediments.

Comparative Morphology

Figure 2 presents Earth analogs: modern pine and Triassic petrified wood (Cameron, Arizona; photo W.P. Armstrong, 2011). Both exhibit cell‑wall lattices and lumen arrays similar in geometry to the Martian materials. The congruence suggests these Martian textures replicate wood‑cell architecture, either by natural biomineralization or artificial design using wood templates.

Interpretation

Geological hypotheses such as desiccation, contraction cracking, or crystal growth cannot account for these features. Known abiotic patterns lack consistent lumen‑like spacing and structural boundaries. The > 1 mm modules in SuperCam 0033 are an order of magnitude larger than biological cells yet maintain wood‑like organization—implying deliberate manufacture or template replication rather than geologic chance.

Conclusion

The Sol 0033 SuperCam image contains organized, cell‑like modules incompatible with any known Martian geological mechanism. Their scale, arrangement, and internal coherence mirror engineered or fossilized wood structures. Together with prior evidence archived in Lin’s Flickr albums, these findings strongly support the hypothesis of man‑made wood‑cell‑like materials on Mars.

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