Deep in the Mars-like landscape of Utah’s red-rock desert lies a mystery: a gleaming metal monolith in one of the most remote parts of the state.
The smooth, tall, three-sided structure was found during a helicopter survey of bighorn sheep in south-eastern Utah, officials said on Monday (local time).
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-25/mysterious-shiny-monolith-found-in-otherworldly-utah-desert/12917946
fsm said:
Deep in the Mars-like landscape of Utah’s red-rock desert lies a mystery: a gleaming metal monolith in one of the most remote parts of the state.The smooth, tall, three-sided structure was found during a helicopter survey of bighorn sheep in south-eastern Utah, officials said on Monday (local time).
We’ve established what it isn’t: It isn’t a monolith…
In my day, monoliths were not made of metal.
I like it.
0 stars
fsm said:
Deep in the Mars-like landscape of Utah’s red-rock desert lies a mystery: a gleaming metal monolith in one of the most remote parts of the state.The smooth, tall, three-sided structure was found during a helicopter survey of bighorn sheep in south-eastern Utah, officials said on Monday (local time).
Unless there is a road of some sort just out of view. The question is how did they get the monolith there. My guess is via helicopter.
It’s a practice door for the Mormon youth prior to them going out into the world.
buffy said:
It’s a practice door for the Mormon youth prior to them going out into the world.
Ha!
Ian said:
I like it.0 stars
Nice
I think we can rule out that it will ever be full of stars.
You would think you could sample it and work out exactly where it came from.
It’s a variation of the Marree Man.
Neophyte said:
It’s a variation of the Marree Man.
Nods.
sarahs mum said:
You would think you could sample it and work out exactly where it came from.
Looks like plain old 304 stainless steel, or thereabouts.
Spiny Norman said:
sarahs mum said:
You would think you could sample it and work out exactly where it came from.Looks like plain old 304 stainless steel, or thereabouts.
Don’t need to sample it to find out, just need one of these:
furious said:
Spiny Norman said:
sarahs mum said:
You would think you could sample it and work out exactly where it came from.Looks like plain old 304 stainless steel, or thereabouts.
Don’t need to sample it to find out, just need one of these:
Need a lot of moolah for a hand-held xrf. And a licence. Even so, It doesn’t produce accurate analyses for everything. Or even anything. Works best on powders, too.
Michael V said:
furious said:
Spiny Norman said:Looks like plain old 304 stainless steel, or thereabouts.
Don’t need to sample it to find out, just need one of these:
Need a lot of moolah for a hand-held xrf. And a licence. Even so, It doesn’t produce accurate analyses for everything. Or even anything. Works best on powders, too.
need one of these
ChrispenEvan said:
Michael V said:
furious said:Don’t need to sample it to find out, just need one of these:
Need a lot of moolah for a hand-held xrf. And a licence. Even so, It doesn’t produce accurate analyses for everything. Or even anything. Works best on powders, too.
need one of these
Want.
Peak Warming Man said:
ChrispenEvan said:
Michael V said:Need a lot of moolah for a hand-held xrf. And a licence. Even so, It doesn’t produce accurate analyses for everything. Or even anything. Works best on powders, too.
need one of these
Want.
your mission jim, should you choose to accept it, is to boldly go where no man has gone before!
ChrispenEvan said:
Michael V said:
furious said:Don’t need to sample it to find out, just need one of these:
Need a lot of moolah for a hand-held xrf. And a licence. Even so, It doesn’t produce accurate analyses for everything. Or even anything. Works best on powders, too.
need one of these
What is it?
Michael V said:
ChrispenEvan said:
Michael V said:Need a lot of moolah for a hand-held xrf. And a licence. Even so, It doesn’t produce accurate analyses for everything. Or even anything. Works best on powders, too.
need one of these
What is it?
star trek tri-corder.
ChrispenEvan said:
Michael V said:
ChrispenEvan said:need one of these
What is it?
star trek tri-corder.
Oh, I see. Ta.
ChrispenEvan said:
Michael V said:
ChrispenEvan said:need one of these
What is it?
star trek tri-corder.
Nerd.
furious said:
Spiny Norman said:
sarahs mum said:
You would think you could sample it and work out exactly where it came from.Looks like plain old 304 stainless steel, or thereabouts.
Don’t need to sample it to find out, just need one of these:
I’d be happy with just the handheld XRF.
When it grows up, it wants to be the Bolte Bridge.
This is quite clearly a robot egg.
sarahs mum said:
You would think you could sample it and work out exactly where it came from.
DON’T TOUCH IT!!! IT’S E-VIL!
Ogmog said:
sarahs mum said:
You would think you could sample it and work out exactly where it came from.DON’T TOUCH IT!!! IT’S E-VIL!
:)
fsm said:
Deep in the Mars-like landscape of Utah’s red-rock desert lies a mystery: a gleaming metal monolith in one of the most remote parts of the state.The smooth, tall, three-sided structure was found during a helicopter survey of bighorn sheep in south-eastern Utah, officials said on Monday (local time).
Ah…a good ‘ol conspiracy theory ..eh… “The Fifth Element” for sure!
How about a head stone for a grave?
monkey skipper said:
How about a head stone for a grave?
Yes only if its black and has stars in it though.
Tau.Neutrino said:
monkey skipper said:
How about a head stone for a grave?
Yes only if its black and has stars in it though.
A can of spray paint , pretty easy but….small balls of hydrogen just lying around on the shelf…well…I suppose … I could look on ebay or something.
monkey skipper said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
monkey skipper said:
How about a head stone for a grave?
Yes only if its black and has stars in it though.
A can of spray paint , pretty easy but….small balls of hydrogen just lying around on the shelf…well…I suppose … I could look on ebay or something.
When I’m dead I’d like to be made into a diamond so I can become shiny have some sparkle.
A mysterious metal monolith found in the remote desert of the western United States, sparking a national guessing game over how it got there, has apparently disappeared, officials said.
The Bureau of Land Management in Utah said Saturday it had received “credible reports” that the object had been removed “by an unknown party” on Friday evening.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/mysterious-us-monolith-reportedly-disappears-after-it-sparked-national-guessing-game
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S’gone.
sarahs mum said:
A mysterious metal monolith found in the remote desert of the western United States, sparking a national guessing game over how it got there, has apparently disappeared, officials said.The Bureau of Land Management in Utah said Saturday it had received “credible reports” that the object had been removed “by an unknown party” on Friday evening.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/mysterious-us-monolith-reportedly-disappears-after-it-sparked-national-guessing-game
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S’gone.
Stolen, I suppose.
That’s what can happen when you install objects in unmonitored public places, with no authorisation.
Bubblecar said:
sarahs mum said:
A mysterious metal monolith found in the remote desert of the western United States, sparking a national guessing game over how it got there, has apparently disappeared, officials said.The Bureau of Land Management in Utah said Saturday it had received “credible reports” that the object had been removed “by an unknown party” on Friday evening.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/mysterious-us-monolith-reportedly-disappears-after-it-sparked-national-guessing-game
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S’gone.
Stolen, I suppose.
That’s what can happen when you install objects in unmonitored public places, with no authorisation.
Probably has all the stolen Republican votes stuffed in it.
more mum special ops was tasked
Ross Bernards Photography is at The Monolith Lounge.
Somerville, MA, United States ·If you’re interested in what exactly happened to the monolith keep reading because I was literally there. On Friday, 3 friends and myself drove the 6 hours down to the middle of nowhere in Utah and got to the “trailhead” around 7 PM after passing a sea of cars on our way in.
We passed one group as we hiked towards the mysterious monolith, while another group was there when we arrived, and they left pretty quick after we got there. For the next hour and 40 minutes we had the place to ourselves.
I had just finished taking some photos of the monolith under the moonlight and was taking a break, thinking about settings I needed to change for my last battery of drone flight when we heard some voices coming up the canyon. We were contemplating packing up our things as they walked up, so they could enjoy it for themselves like we did. At this point I looked down at my watch and it was 8:40 PM.
4 guys rounded the corner and 2 of them walked forward. They gave a couple of pushes on the monolith and one of them said “You better have got your pictures.” He then gave it a big push, and it went over, leaning to one side. He yelled back to his other friends that they didn’t need the tools. The other guy with him at the monolith then said “this is why you don’t leave trash in the desert.” Then all four of them came up and pushed it almost to the ground on one side, before they decided push it back the other when it then popped out and landed on the ground with a loud bang. They quickly broke it apart and as they were carrying to the wheelbarrow that they had brought one of them looked back at us all and said “Leave no trace.” That was at 8:48.
If you’re asking why we didn’t stop them well, they were right to take it out. We stayed the night and the next day hiked to a hill top overlooking the area where we saw at least 70 different cars (and a plane) in and out. Cars parking everywhere in the delicate desert landscape. Nobody following a path or each other. We could literally see people trying to approach it from every direction to try and reach it, permanently altering the untouched landscape. Mother Nature is an artist, it’s best to leave the art in the wild to her.
ChrispenEvan said:
Ross Bernards Photography is at The Monolith Lounge. Somerville, MA, United States ·If you’re interested in what exactly happened to the monolith keep reading because I was literally there. On Friday, 3 friends and myself drove the 6 hours down to the middle of nowhere in Utah and got to the “trailhead” around 7 PM after passing a sea of cars on our way in.
We passed one group as we hiked towards the mysterious monolith, while another group was there when we arrived, and they left pretty quick after we got there. For the next hour and 40 minutes we had the place to ourselves.
I had just finished taking some photos of the monolith under the moonlight and was taking a break, thinking about settings I needed to change for my last battery of drone flight when we heard some voices coming up the canyon. We were contemplating packing up our things as they walked up, so they could enjoy it for themselves like we did. At this point I looked down at my watch and it was 8:40 PM.
4 guys rounded the corner and 2 of them walked forward. They gave a couple of pushes on the monolith and one of them said “You better have got your pictures.” He then gave it a big push, and it went over, leaning to one side. He yelled back to his other friends that they didn’t need the tools. The other guy with him at the monolith then said “this is why you don’t leave trash in the desert.” Then all four of them came up and pushed it almost to the ground on one side, before they decided push it back the other when it then popped out and landed on the ground with a loud bang. They quickly broke it apart and as they were carrying to the wheelbarrow that they had brought one of them looked back at us all and said “Leave no trace.” That was at 8:48.
If you’re asking why we didn’t stop them well, they were right to take it out. We stayed the night and the next day hiked to a hill top overlooking the area where we saw at least 70 different cars (and a plane) in and out. Cars parking everywhere in the delicate desert landscape. Nobody following a path or each other. We could literally see people trying to approach it from every direction to try and reach it, permanently altering the untouched landscape. Mother Nature is an artist, it’s best to leave the art in the wild to her.
No such thing as “Mother Nature”.
Bubblecar said:
ChrispenEvan said:
Ross Bernards Photography is at The Monolith Lounge. Somerville, MA, United States ·If you’re interested in what exactly happened to the monolith keep reading because I was literally there. On Friday, 3 friends and myself drove the 6 hours down to the middle of nowhere in Utah and got to the “trailhead” around 7 PM after passing a sea of cars on our way in.
We passed one group as we hiked towards the mysterious monolith, while another group was there when we arrived, and they left pretty quick after we got there. For the next hour and 40 minutes we had the place to ourselves.
I had just finished taking some photos of the monolith under the moonlight and was taking a break, thinking about settings I needed to change for my last battery of drone flight when we heard some voices coming up the canyon. We were contemplating packing up our things as they walked up, so they could enjoy it for themselves like we did. At this point I looked down at my watch and it was 8:40 PM.
4 guys rounded the corner and 2 of them walked forward. They gave a couple of pushes on the monolith and one of them said “You better have got your pictures.” He then gave it a big push, and it went over, leaning to one side. He yelled back to his other friends that they didn’t need the tools. The other guy with him at the monolith then said “this is why you don’t leave trash in the desert.” Then all four of them came up and pushed it almost to the ground on one side, before they decided push it back the other when it then popped out and landed on the ground with a loud bang. They quickly broke it apart and as they were carrying to the wheelbarrow that they had brought one of them looked back at us all and said “Leave no trace.” That was at 8:48.
If you’re asking why we didn’t stop them well, they were right to take it out. We stayed the night and the next day hiked to a hill top overlooking the area where we saw at least 70 different cars (and a plane) in and out. Cars parking everywhere in the delicate desert landscape. Nobody following a path or each other. We could literally see people trying to approach it from every direction to try and reach it, permanently altering the untouched landscape. Mother Nature is an artist, it’s best to leave the art in the wild to her.
No such thing as “Mother Nature”.
really? far fucking out.
copycat monolith has appeared on a Romanian hillside.
https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/there-was-a-message-left-at-the-site-of-the-missing-utah-monolith-and-we-know-who-removed-it/
The work of artists, apparently.
https://www.news.com.au/technology/stunt-artists-claim-responsibility-for-viral-marketing-strategy-of-disappearing-monoliths/news-story/857b0e24808d7c6a905058958ded731b
Divine Angel said:
The work of artists, apparently.https://www.news.com.au/technology/stunt-artists-claim-responsibility-for-viral-marketing-strategy-of-disappearing-monoliths/news-story/857b0e24808d7c6a905058958ded731b
I don’t think I’m surprised in the least.
