Quote from: sledgewebIt really doesn't make sense as a circle - because then the door would have been inside the circle, which the plane isn't covering. They had to move the plane over a bit to get to the door. Remember, the title of the episode is "?", his brother tells him to find the question mark, he uses Locke's map and figures out where the question mark should be, they go to that location, and they find what appears to be a giant question mark in the ground. If this wasn't the question mark, Eko would still be determined to find the question mark, as it was made quite urgent by his brother in his dream that he find it. I think it's hard to ignore all of that information as a whole. I think it makes more sense if THE PEARL is NOT the question mark - but right now, the evidence leads me to believe THE PEARL and the question mark on the map are one and the same.Sledge:I respect your opinion, but it is not necessarily true that Yemi would've told MrEko in his dream "look for the salt circle" but rather to tell him what he thought he'd recognize as a question mark....Did that make sense?cheers*Des8

Boone was climbing up to get into the plane. He never got to the top of the cliff and turned around to take a looksy. He got in the plane and was concetrating on what was inside. The question mark was on the ground before boone climbed in the plane and perished.

no i think it was definately there the whole time and boone was just too lazy to notice it as he was dying.

maybe it was not there when Boone was in the planemaybe it was made afterwards by the others just to mess with Locke and it is not the real question mark that was on the map Nah probably not  but maybe ;)

true dat ;D

Quote from: beckhamfanthe thing that really makes me mad is up untill the moment of boone's crash the question mark was easily accesible. why didn''t boone see it and tell locke about it?Boone was a lil bit preoccupied with the Radio, and dying and all...

the thing that really makes me mad is up untill the moment of boone's crash the question mark was easily accesible. why didn''t boone see it and tell locke about it?

Quote from: jugdishI believe the circle made by salt was made by the dharma people so it could be seen from planes. Who ever made the map wouldn't mark the area because they did not know what was there. Hence the question mark on the map. The map maker believed something was in the area but never found it. If they did they would of changed the map.My thoughts exactly I would not be suprised to find out that fromthe air there are more such markings  maybe not with salt but areas that are cleared to look like the hatch they are near

I believe the circle made by salt was made by the dharma people so it could be seen from planes. Who ever made the map wouldn't mark the area because they did not know what was there. Hence the question mark on the map. The map maker believed something was in the area but never found it. If they did they would of changed the map.

I was just thinking that perhaps whoever put the salt on the ground also made the map (doesn't have to be desmond but perhaps?) This could've been a mark for himself to find it again, or even a clue for the losties to find it

I watched the show again today and Eko said ( I don't know exact quote) it's a circle, a target so planes could find the spot. It seemed like they were looking everywhere for the hatch, but I could see Eko searching under the plane because he might see it as his brother pointing out the place to him, leading him there. Perhaps the circle actually was to identify it as the Pearl from afar?? Also I thought it was interesting that when Locke hit execute to print the log the button was next to the ? key. On my keyboard thats a shift button.

the thing on the ground was definitely a question markmaybe the thing on the side of the map was more in the sense of a key, or clue"The Pearl ?" could signify that The pearl station is denoted by the question mark... or the writers did that as a cluealso ? is the eastern culture symbol for dharma, so it would make sense that the center observation hatch might be marked by that

I think there are other rooms in the Pearl that we haven't seen for breaks, etc.  Remember, we didn't see all of the medical hatch either.......

I think its a circle marking a drop off point for something i am still wondering wtf are those ppl doing for 3 weeks with no beds infront of a tv (sure i can last but a normal human beeing can not) even if they take shifts...also i think that they will see videos of oter stations maybe even the one where thy are keeping Walt....

and once again i think the map had a ? on it because i think whoever wrote the map didnt know what was in the pearl

the circle could be for planes flying above people back in the old wars used to salt landing areas so you could see them from above then things wouldnt grow there.... so i think the circle is there for planes to fly over and drop suplies. they wouldnt put the circle on the hatch because they dont want things to land on top of the hatch door..

does anyone know if the circle has always been there? was it there before the plane fell from the tree???

I did not think it looked like a question mark, but an 8.

Well summarized sledge. The question mark on the map always meant to me that they did not know where it was but suspected the location. Eko also said that he saw a big circle marking the point.
Eko may have been satisfied because he followed where his brother sent him and then saw this big circle. He saw the circle, discovered that it was there on purpose (the salt) and looked around until he found something. Eko and locke were poking around before Eko found the doors. Therefore I believe the solved the question mark by finding the PEARL.

Well, either option doesn't make sense. Here are the basic problems:1) If it was a giant question mark in the ground, why would someone mark the area with a giant question mark? A circle or X makes more sense. Who marks things with question marks? Also, this would seem to indicate the map maker found the giant question mark. But, if they found the giant mark, how could they possible NOT find the Pearl Station underneath the mark? The giant question mark on the map is labeled DESIGNATION UNKNOWN, PURPOSE UNKNOWN. But, if the map maker was aware there was a hatch, in the area, and found the giant question mark - it would be pretty obvious that the hatch is under the question mark.2) If it was a circle - how did Eko know to immediately move the plane out of the way and start digging under the plane? The circle was above the plane, and the most logical place to dig would be in the center of the circle. Instead, it looked like he decided to dig where the dot of the question mark would be (if it were a question mark). If it was a circle, why would he choose to dig in that area? He could have chosen to dig anywhere outside the circle - but the most logical place would have been INSIDE the circle. Also, if it wasn't a question mark, why does Eko seem to feel the urgency of finding the question mark has passed?

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It really doesn't make sense as a circle - because then the door would have been inside the circle, which the plane isn't covering. They had to move the plane over a bit to get to the door. Remember, the title of the episode is "?", his brother tells him to find the question mark, he uses Locke's map and figures out where the question mark should be, they go to that location, and they find what appears to be a giant question mark in the ground. If this wasn't the question mark, Eko would still be determined to find the question mark, as it was made quite urgent by his brother in his dream that he find it. I think it's hard to ignore all of that information as a whole. I think it makes more sense if THE PEARL is NOT the question mark - but right now, the evidence leads me to believe THE PEARL and the question mark on the map are one and the same.

IF the Pearl is in fact the ? hatch on the map and we assume there are only 6 stations this means the blast door map could possibly be wrong, showing 7 when there are only 6. Or maybe the central commanded is not include in the 6.

I dont think it was a question mark I think it was a circle who ever made the blast door map i think didnt know what the Pearl station was so who ever made the blast door map put a question mark there

It makes sense to me that the observation station would be in the center of the island. The blast door map shows a bunch of small lines leading to this central hatch. These are likely the Dharmatel and video lines feeding to the log computer and monitors. In addition, the title of the episode was "?", Eko was on a mission to find the question mark, and when he climbed up the cliff and looked down, it appears he found what he was looking for. He seemed to think his mission was fulfilled. The writing on the Blast Door Map related to the Pearl Station says "THE PEARL?", which seems to indicate the map maker doesn't know where the PEARL is. I think the evidence as a whole, at this point, suggests that THE PEARL is the "?" station in the center of the map.

In the episdoe "?" the hatch they found may not be the question mark hatch, the markings on the the ground in the screeny http://lost.cubit.net/pics/2x21/questionMark.jpg may not be a question mark but instead just a circle in the ground. I think that it is a question mark but it is a doubt that maybe they found a different hatch. And if you look at http://lost.cubit.net/pics/2x17/blastDoorMap.jpg it says "The Pearl?" off to the right hand side. What do you think?