Comments on: A Mystery. https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/06/a-mystery/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/06/a-mystery/#comment-27287 Jody Mon, 30 Sep 2013 02:29:43 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=37448#comment-27287 I thought it was a cocoon at first..but your explanation seems much more plausible. I thought it was a cocoon at first..but your explanation seems much more plausible.

]]> By: DanS https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/06/a-mystery/#comment-27285 DanS Mon, 30 Sep 2013 01:34:16 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=37448#comment-27285 Puruvian Amazon. I would say a tiny, doubtless exotic arachnid's device for capturing its prey. Puruvian Amazon. I would say a tiny, doubtless exotic arachnid’s device for capturing its prey.

]]> By: johannes https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/06/a-mystery/#comment-26643 johannes Sun, 08 Sep 2013 22:48:31 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=37448#comment-26643 that the communication system uses, if we knew how fast the signals travel through the fibres and how long the fibres are. Naturally we also would need to know whether the carrier signals are electrostatic, magnetic, electromagnetic, or zero point energy, then if we could figure out the method of modulation and the language of the communication we could understand what the communication consists of, unless it is encrypted, in which case we would need to figure that out too. :-) that the communication system uses, if we knew how fast the signals travel through the fibres and how long the fibres are.
Naturally we also would need to know whether the carrier signals are electrostatic, magnetic, electromagnetic, or zero point energy, then if we could figure out the method of modulation and the language of the communication we could understand what the communication consists of, unless it is encrypted, in which case we would need to figure that out too. :-)

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/06/a-mystery/#comment-26621 bowser Fri, 06 Sep 2013 23:00:25 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=37448#comment-26621 An old rotating radio signal method of indicating the angle an airplane was from a fixed station. An omni-directional signal was transmitted and at the same time a rotating signal was sent. The time difference between the two was the angle from true north you were. Crude by today's standards, but effective. An old rotating radio signal method of indicating the angle an airplane was from a fixed station.

An omni-directional signal was transmitted and at the same time a rotating signal was sent. The time difference between the two was the angle from true north you were.

Crude by today’s standards, but effective.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/06/a-mystery/#comment-26618 TB Fri, 06 Sep 2013 21:34:29 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=37448#comment-26618 <p>Pufferfish nest!</p> <a href="http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/08/15/whats-this-mysterious-circle-on-the-seafloor/" rel="nofollow">Here.</a> <img src="http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/files/2013/08/photo2.jpg" width="400" /> Pufferfish nest!

Here.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/06/a-mystery/#comment-26617 ER Fri, 06 Sep 2013 20:29:49 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=37448#comment-26617 Also from 5 man electrical band. Highly underrated Canadian band. Also from 5 man electrical band. Highly underrated Canadian band.

]]> By: SteveS https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/06/a-mystery/#comment-26616 SteveS Fri, 06 Sep 2013 19:45:26 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=37448#comment-26616 <img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-DCE9CNBJsm0/UioGYwS8PsI/AAAAAAAAAB4/VMW4wg4evO8/s660/Alien%2520Tower%2520with%2520ship_edited-1.jpg" alt="" />

]]> By: SteveS https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/06/a-mystery/#comment-26615 SteveS Fri, 06 Sep 2013 19:44:57 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=37448#comment-26615 but that doesn't mean I didn't hear it on a friends lp or 8 track. but that doesn’t mean I didn’t hear it on a friends lp or 8 track.

]]> By: Robert https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/06/a-mystery/#comment-26614 Robert Fri, 06 Sep 2013 19:33:59 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=37448#comment-26614 But I recognize that shape: It's a steerable beam array antenna. You've probably seen them, on a vastly larger scale, a circle of towers surrounding a central tower. By changing the phase of the signal to each tower, the waves cancel or reinforce in a way that makes the signal directional. This link goes to the Google Earth view of <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!q=Exmouth%2C+Western+Australia&data=!1m4!1m3!1d15996!2d114.1664668!3d-21.8151994!2m1!1e3!4m10!1m9!4m8!1m3!1d219265!2d-121.8174129!3d37.2970155!3m2!1i965!2i829!4f13.1&fid=7" rel="nofollow">Harold Holt Naval Communications Facility at Exmouth, Western Australia</a> . This a hexagonal array for conducting VLF communications with submerged subs, as shown in a sketch of the site:<br/> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d1/NAVELEX0101-113%2CFig3-14.png"/> Here's the spider web for comparison: <img src="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2013/09/second.jpg" /> Well. So our spiders have learned to construct phased-array radio systems. I think we're in deep doo-doo. But I recognize that shape: It’s a steerable beam array antenna. You’ve probably seen them, on a vastly larger scale, a circle of towers surrounding a central tower. By changing the phase of the signal to each tower, the waves cancel or reinforce in a way that makes the signal directional.

This link goes to the Google Earth view of Harold Holt Naval Communications Facility at Exmouth, Western Australia . This a hexagonal array for conducting VLF communications with submerged subs, as shown in a sketch of the site:

Here’s the spider web for comparison:

Well. So our spiders have learned to construct phased-array radio systems. I think we’re in deep doo-doo.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/06/a-mystery/#comment-26613 Jody Fri, 06 Sep 2013 19:11:29 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=37448#comment-26613 I think the *mystery* is a cocoon Tom...as I suspect you do. I think the *mystery* is a cocoon Tom…as I suspect you do.

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