Weird: Wood Found on Mars

Sounds like an April Fool’s joke, doesn’t it? But it’s real, snagged off the NASA JPL site. 

Sure looks like wood to me. Actually, it looks like a railroad tie. Photo is from the Mars Rover circa 2004.

Don’t believe it’s real? Neither did I tell I checked the JPL site:
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20040524a/site_B115_navcam_180_cyl_L-B118R1.jpg

Stuff like this isn’t such a big surprise once you’ve read up on NASA’s dirty secrets:
http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Mission-Secret-History-NASA/dp/1932595260/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228029820&sr=1-1

If there are railroad ties on Mars, how about trees? Is this what Viking photographed a few decades ago?

Sure makes you wonder… You can read the original article here.