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NASA's Curiosity rover had an anticlimactic explanation. It was just a shred of plastic from the rover itself. This close-up image comes from the rover's ChemCam and helped NASA scientists determine the origin of the Martian interloper. NASA described it as "likely benign," which should leave the door open just enough for us to image the presence of a human-hungry alien race hiding out on the red planet. 40 of 62NASAFemale statue on Mars?NASA's Spirit rover delivered an image in 2007 showing a view of craggy little rock formations across the surface of Mars. One dramatically shaded formation stood out in the form of what looked like a little walking humanoid (either that or Bigfoot).Popular UFO blog UFO Sightings Daily ran with speculation that the rock formation is a female figure likely made by aliens. The Planetary Society was quick to call the object an optical illusion and another excellent example of pareidolia, the tendency for our minds to assign familiar patterns to random shapes or sounds.41 of 62NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSSMars rover sees 'sticks'It can be hard to judge the size of objects in close-up photos from Mars. This image from NASA's Curiosity rover shows some stick-like figures, but they're only about a quarter-inch (6 millimeters) long. Scientists speculate they may be crystals or minerals that filled in spaces where crystals had formed, but then dissolved. The Curiosity rover Twitter account shared a look at these formations in January 2018 and got a lot of snarky speculation in return. Twitter users suggested the stick figures looked like everything from tire tracks to Viking runes. 42 of 62NASAMini meteoriteIn October 2016, NASA's Curiosity rover spotted a weird little iron meteorite during its explorations around the base of Mount Sharp in the Gale crater on Mars. The rock would look small sitting in the palm of your hand, but the rover's close-up view shows the intricacies of the meteorite's surface. Researchers named the meteorite Egg Rock.43 of 62NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of ArizonaStrange patternsNASA posted this Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter image in March 2018 with the dramatic title "The Case of the Martian Boulder Piles." Look past the dark slug-like sand dunes and instead contemplate the open spaces. It contains a surprisingly orderly series of boulder piles. NASA scientists suggest the neat piles could have been caused by a "frost heave" process with freeze-and-thaw cycles pushing the rocks into tidy shapes. A similar process has been observed here on Earth.44 of 62NASA/red circle added by CNETDonald Trump's head rendered in rockFormer president Donald Trump made a cameo appearance on Mars in this 2009 image from NASA's Opportunity rover that hit the news in 2016. It's an excellent example of pareidolia, the same psychological phenomenon that lets us see

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Its nickname. The crater is located in the south pole region and the difference in darkness of the features is due to the changing frost cover on the ground.19 of 62NASA/JPL-Caltech/Red circle by Amanda Kooser/CNETDark, shiny boulderNASA's Curiosity rover snapped this view of a dark, shiny boulder on Mars on Dec. 6, 2020. The overall view is lovely, but the boulder was a bit of a mystery for how it stood out against the surrounding landscape. It's possible the boulder could be a meteorite or was perhaps deposited there from elsewhere on Mars.20 of 62NASA/JPL/MSSS/The Murray LabPossible volcanic eruption siteMars has a volcanic past, but there have been questions about whether it's been volcanically active more recently in its history. A research team suggested a "mysterious dark deposit" seen here could be evidence of an explosive volcanic deposit from within the last 50,000 years. For size, the deposit covers an area slightly larger than Washington DC.21 of 62NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSSPancake-shaped rockThis is exactly what my misshapen pancakes look like on Sunday mornings. NASA's Curiosity rover snapped this shiny, flattish rock in November 2020, leading space fans to compare it with various food items, including pancakes and melted chocolate ice cream. The rock may have been polished to a sheen thanks to wind and sand action.22 of 62NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSSOh look, a thigh bone on MarsMark one up for the funny-bone file. NASA's Curiosity rover sent a photo back to Earth in 2014 that showed a very odd rock shaped a bit like a femur bone from a human thigh. Scientists obligingly explained that the unusual shape was most likely the product of erosion by wind or water. If NASA ever did amazingly find human remains on Mars, scientists would want to shout it from the rooftops. 23 of 62NASA/JPL/University of ArizonaMorse code?This view from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, snapped in February 2016, shows some strange formations on the surface of the red planet. The dark, raised areas are a series of dunes that look a lot like the dots and dashes of Morse code. Unfortunately, the code spells out gibberish. Planetary scientist Veronica Bray analyzed the dune image and told Gizmodo the code works out to read "NEE NED ZB 6TNN DEIBEDH SIEFI EBEEE SSIEI ESEE SEEE !!"24 of 62NASA/JPL/Circle added by Amanda Kooser/CNETHere fishy fishy25 of 62NASA/JPL-CaltechA wild jelly doughnut appearsIt wasn't there and then it was. A jelly-doughnut-shaped object appeared rather suddenly in a set of before-and-after images from NASA's Opportunity rover on Mars. Some people believed it to be an alien fungus, but NASA was having none of that nonsense.NASA finally solved the jelly-doughnut mystery by announcing that the rock's sudden appearance was the result of the rover dislodging it by

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Dragons or rabbits in clouds. The rock does bear a resemblance to him, complete with over-swept hair.45 of 62NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of ArizonaStrange, deep pitNASA isn't offering any definitive answers on this odd round pit seen by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2017, but the circular formation is likely a collapse pit or an impact crater. The pit is located in the region of the planet's south pole. The late-summer, low-sun timing of the image really makes the circle stand out from the surrounding landscape.46 of 62JPL/NASA/Circle added by Eric Mack/CNETAnother woman on MarsThere's more than one woman-shaped rock on Mars. This image from the Mars Curiosity rover excited alien theorists earlier in 2015. The small, shadowy object inside the red circle does look a little bit like a statuette of a lady in a dress. All it takes is a strong imagination. "It's really easy to pick out rocks or other things that look like something else in pictures like this," NASA media-relations specialist Guy Webster told CNET. 47 of 62NASA/JPL-CaltechCrab monster creeps on MarsNASA's Mars Curiosity rover snapped a photo that could have blended in with a hundred other Mars photos in July 2015. However, this particular photo earned itself a measure of infamy when a Facebook group enhanced a close-up of one tiny piece of the picture and unveiled what looked like a weird crab monster hiding out in the shadows. It could also pass as Cthulhu. Ultimately, the crab creature of Mars is just a fun interplay between light and shadow. It's still just a rock formation at heart.48 of 62NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS, red circle added by CNETNot a Sasquatch skullIt's fun to imagine what aliens on Mars might look like if they were real. You might conjure up images of big heads and large, black eyes, or perhaps something with crazy tentacles and sharp teeth. UFO enthusiasts imagined a bigger, hairier version of alien life when they spotted what looked like a Sasquatch skull among the landscape debris on the red planet. The image comes from NASA's Curiosity rover from early 2016. Squint and you can imagine the random rock looking a bit like a skull with a round dome and a large eye socket. Is it really a Bigfoot skull? No. It's still just a rock, but hopefully it'll inspire some fun sci-fi stories about the great Sasquatch of Mars.49 of 62NASA/British MuseumAn ancient god's faceOn the left is a cropped view of an image from the Mars Opportunity rover. On the right is a Neo-Assyrian attendant god statue from the British Museum. Notice a little resemblance? So did some UFO fans, who brought attention to the face-like rock found on the red planet. As with all Mars. Opportunity Rover Last Words Video. Mars Rover Last Words Footage. Opportunity Rover Last Words. Mars Rover Last Message Song. Mars Insight Last Words. Mars Rover Footage Real Last Words. Discover the surprising revelation of giant holes in the Mars Curiosity rover tires! Explore the latest news from NASA and the world of space exploration

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The angles of light and shadow and shapes made by the geology in this area of Gale Crater. Keep going for a more distant look that the puts the "doorway" into context.6 of 62NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Red circle by Amanda Kooser/CNETMars Curiosity mosaic 'doorway'A mosaic view of a Mars formation as seen by the Curiosity rover puts the "doorway" in Gale Crater into context. Look for the red circle near the top. The shadowy, angular opening is actually quite small. It's a natural geologic feature.7 of 62NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/Red circle by Amanda Kooser/CNETFirst letter to be laser-engraved on MarsThe three tiny laser-made dots on this Mars rock will help scientists know the orientation of samples when they're brought back to Earth. The Perseverance rover marked a tiny letter L as a test in June 2022. The rover is gathering rock samples. Knowing the exact way they fit into their host rock will be helpful for scientists when the samples are eventually collected via NASA's planned sample return mission.8 of 62NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASUPerseverance rover 'Butt crack rock'NASA's Perseverance rover arrived on the red planet in February 2021 and has since snapped a bounty of images of the landscape in the Jezero Crater. This fantastically funny-looking rock caught the eye of space fans who laughed about its resemblance to a rear end. It earned the nickname "butt crack rock."9 of 62ESA/DLR/FU BerlinMars south pole 'angel' and 'heart'Apply a little imagination to this European Space Agency Mars Express view of the red planet's south pole and you'll see an angel and a heart together. ESA described it as an "angelic figure" in a December 2020 image release. It's simply a bit of geology on display from the icy polar region where an impact crater forms the "head" and halo, and a sublimation pit (a spot where the ice turned to vapor) formed the "hand" on the left.10 of 62NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSSMother of pearl cloudsYes, these shimmering, colorful clouds appeared on Mars. NASA's Curiosity rover doesn't just eye the local geology; it also documents what's happening in the sky. This view of iridescent "mother of pearl" clouds comes from March 5, 2021."If you see a cloud with a shimmery pastel set of colors in it, that's because the cloud particles are all nearly identical in size," said atmospheric scientist Mark Lemmon with the Space Science Institute in Colorado. "That's usually happening just after the clouds have formed and have all grown at the same rate." 11 of 62NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/Red circle by Amanda Kooser/CNETNot a drill bitThis is not a Phillips-head drill bit on Mars, but it's fun to pretend. Citizen scientist Kevin Gill spotted this odd, small rock in a Curiosity rover image from late 2020 and cracked a joke about it looking like

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Island on the planet's surface. The 1.2-mile-wide feature is located in an area of lava flows. It's not evidence of waffle irons on Mars, but it might be the result of lava pushing the formation up from below.33 of 62NASADragon scalesEven NASA was excited for Game of Thrones, which is a good explanation for why the space agency described this Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter image as "Dragon Scales of Mars." The scaly pattern doesn't come from a mythical creature, but rather through ancient landscape processes involving erosion. "The nature of the water responsible for the alteration, and how it interacted with the rock to form the clay, remains poorly understood," NASA said when it released the evocative image in July 2017.34 of 62NASA/JPL-CaltechShiny object on Mars surfaceEverybody likes shiny things. We like them even more when they pop up seemingly out of context on faraway planets. That happened in 2012 when NASA's Curiosity rover spotted a bright, shiny object tucked into the dull Martian soil. For perspective, the entire image covers an area just 1.6 inches across. NASA scientists confirmed the tiny bright bit is simply part of the geology of Mars.35 of 62NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSSSuspended 'spoon' stretches outTake a look at the center of this image from NASA's Curiosity rover. You might see a long-handled spoon stretching out over the landscape, casting a shadow below. Is this a sign that cooking is a popular hobby on Mars? Unfortunately, no. Mars doesn't have the same pull of gravity we have on Earth, so fragile formations like this one have a chance of holding up and not just crumbling down to the ground. 36 of 62NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of ArizonaTrippy mesa37 of 62NASA/JPLA bright light on Mars' horizonNASA's Curiosity rover sent back a curious photo in 2014 showing a blip of light on the horizon of Mars. The image excited UFO fans, who speculated about the light's source, wondering if it might be evidence of alien activity.NASA scientist Doug Ellison rained on the extraterrestrial parade with the explanation that the blip was likely caused by a cosmic ray hit, the result of high-energy particles flying through space.38 of 62NASA/JPL-CaltechA piece of a Mars roverThe Mars Curiosity rover has been at the center of quite a few unusual-object sightings on the red planet. A famous incident occurred in 2012 when the rover noticed a shiny object on the ground that didn't match its surroundings. Speculation ranged from jokes about Jimmy Hoffa's cufflink to it being an AOL CD. The explanation turned out to be pretty benign when NASA announced the object was a small plastic piece of the rover itself that had fallen off.39 of 62NASA/JPL-CaltechA closer look at the shiny objectThat weird shiny object spotted by

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The red planet's surface. The likely explanation is a lot less fun than imagining a race of metal-forging aliens. The object is probably a piece of a meteorite or the result of strange lighting. It's definitely not an alien fertility effigy.57 of 62NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANLA shiny objectNASA's Curiosity rover got up close to investigate this interesting shiny object in November 2018. The Curiosity team suspected it might be a meteorite, but didn't want to say for sure without confirming the identification by examining the rock's composition. 58 of 62NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANLMars gets flakyThis odd-looking object caught the attention of NASA's Curiosity rover team in August 2018. The space agency was concerned it might be a small piece of the rover, but a closer look showed the potential "foreign object debris" to be a flake-like bit of the natural Mars landscape.59 of 62NASA/JPL/University of ArizonaPac-Man crater on MarsWakka, wakka, wakka. NASA's Mars Reconaissance Orbiter caught sight of this Pac-Man imagery on Mars in early 2018. The shape of the retro video game star appears thanks to an impact crater with a crescent-shaped barchan sand dune inside.60 of 62NASA/JPL/University of ArizonaLava coilsThese lovely spiral patterns aren't petroglyphs. The swirls are known as lava coils. "When two lava flows in opposite directions mingle and swirl, the coils are the hardened results," says the University of Arizona team that works with the HiRise camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.61 of 62NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/Red circle by Amanda Kooser/CNETBeaker on MarsMee-mee-mee-mee. A familiar Muppet face appeared on Mars in this mid-2018 image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The formation in the south pole region resembles Beaker the lab assistant from The Muppet Show. The southern polar cap is covered with frozen carbon dioxide and is full of pits and mesas that can take on unusual shapes.62 of 62ESA/Red arrow by Amanda Kooser/CNETNot smokin'The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter snapped this Mars view on Sept. 24, 2018. Some people who saw the image thought it might show an active volcano smoking on the planet's surface. What we're actually seeing is a cloud that happens to have formed near the Arsia Mons volcano. There's no eruption here.

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An artist's depiction of one of the twin Mars Exploration Rovers, nicknamed Spirit and Opportunity. Opportunity has been offline for weeks due to low power caused by a massive dust storm. Engineers have a rockin' playlist of wake-up songs for the rover.(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)Engineers with NASA's Mars Exploration Rover program have been left hanging on like a yo-yo for 61 days now, after the space agency's Opportunity rover lost power during a Martian dust storm — but they've started greeting each new Martian day the rover may call with a themed song.On Aug. 4 — Opportunity's 5,165th day on Mars — the rover was still asleep. But mission staff at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, hoped to inspire the robot to turn back on by playing Wham!'s "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" in the control room, beginning of a new tradition to wait out the storm."Morale has been a little shaky," Michael Staab, an engineer for the program at JPL who helped initiate the themed daily wake-up song for the humans waiting for Opportunity's long and nerve-wracking nap to end, told Space.com. "This is the first time she [Opportunity] has stopped talking to us and not resumed communication when we expected." [The Epic Mars Dust Storm of 2018 Explained]The musical initiative in the control room isn't entirely new: Mission team members celebrated a daily wake-up song when Opportunity first landed on Mars nearly 15 years ago, in January 2004, Staab said. The rover's mission was originally planned to last just 90 days, but once it became clear that Opportunity would be staying in business on the Red Planet, the tradition faded.Then, in May, came a dust storm to end all dust storms, which roiled around the entire planet and blotted out the sun — an awfully hazardous situation for a solar-powered robot. Opportunity hasn't produced so much as a chord, much less more substantive data, since June 10, according to NASA. (NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, by contrast, is nuclear-powered and thus has not suffered the same ill effects from the dust storm as the Opportunity rover.)"That's. Opportunity Rover Last Words Video. Mars Rover Last Words Footage. Opportunity Rover Last Words. Mars Rover Last Message Song. Mars Insight Last Words. Mars Rover Footage Real Last Words. Discover the surprising revelation of giant holes in the Mars Curiosity rover tires! Explore the latest news from NASA and the world of space exploration

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1 of 62NASAFace on Mars is a classicHumans love a good space story. That's why it's so much fun to speculate about unusual objects seen in images of Mars. Our imaginations turn rock formations into fish and cosmic rays into alien communications. An image from the NASA Perseverance rover generated plenty of jokes about what looks like a rear end. Is it an alien keister? Nope. It's just a goofy rock formation.Join us as we explore some famous Mars mysteries and the explanations behind them.NASA's Viking 1 Orbiter zipped near Mars in 1976 and took this now iconic image of the surface. What got everyone excited is the face-like formation in the upper center of the picture. If you have a creative mind, it's easy to see it as having two eyes, a nose, a mouth and a weird hairdo. It even looks a bit like a young Elvis Presley. You can see why some people thought the face was an alien-built monument on Mars.First published August 4, 2015.2 of 62NASAA newer look at the Mars faceNASA wasn't going to let the face on Mars go without an explanation. The Mars Global Surveyor cleared things up for good in 2001 by taking a fresh image of the face. The newer, sharper, higher-resolution picture shows a much blobbier, less stark formation. In short, it's just a mesa and not an alien-carved religious site.3 of 62NASA/JPL-CaltechNot noodlesNASA's Perseverance Mars rover caught sight of a tangled object that looked like bunch of noodles or string in July 2022. The rover team took some time working through the possibilities before declaring it was likely a bit of a netting that had blown across Jezero Crater from the crash site of the Percy's entry, descent and landing (EDL) system.The EDL system had delivered the rover safely to the Mars surface and then skedaddled away to crash at a safe distance. Mars has some pretty insistent winds, which seemed to have spread some debris around. 4 of 62NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/SETICute little 'spikes'NASA's Curiosity rover snapped views of these wild little formations on Mars on May 15, 2022. The surreal tiny bits of Martian surface were likely carved by erosion of sedimentary rock. The Curiosity team chimed in to say they were probably formed billions of years ago when groundwater moved through the area in the Gale Crater. Over time, winds eroded away softer material, leaving the spikes behind.5 of 62NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Red circle by Amanda Kooser/CNETNot a doorway on MarsKnock knock. Who's there? Nobody. This NASA Curiosity rover image from May 7, 2022 does not show a doorway on Mars, despite some internet speculation to the contrary. The doorway-like appearance in a cliffside snapped in May 2022 is due to

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Rocks that look like Earth objects, it's really a combination of human imagination and fortuitous light rather than a sign of an alien civilization with a penchant for carving sculptures.50 of 62NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of ArizonaRemnants of a landerThe European Space Agency's ExoMars mission suffered a setback when its Schiaparelli lander crash-landed Mars in October 2016. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took this photo of the crash site to help ESA investigators work out what happened to the ill-fated lander. The large dark spot shows the impact site. Other highlighted areas show the front heatshield, parachute and rear heatshield.51 of 62NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of ArizonaMars rover landing hardwareThese distinctive-looking round shapes are found in the Eagle Crater on Mars. Take a close look at the one on the upper right-hand side. Notice a small dot inside? That's the lander that carried the Mars Opportunity rover down to the planet's surface in 2004. A small dot toward the lower left-hand corner of the image is the lander's backshell and parachute.NASA shared this view of the landing gear in the crater in April 2017.52 of 62NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of ArizonaMars' south poleThis strange landscape photo might remind you of worm tracks or some strange ant farm. What you're actually seeing here is a 2016 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter view of Mars' south pole."The polar cap is made from carbon dioxide (dry ice), which does not occur naturally on the Earth. The circular pits are holes in this dry ice layer that expand by a few meters each Martian year," NASA explains.53 of 62NASAKissy 'alien face'Pucker up! This Mars rock looks like it wants to lay a kiss on you. The unusual formation has the appearance of a human-like face with an eye, nose, forehead, chin and smooch-ready lips. Alien fans spotted the rock while looking through images sent back by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover in late 2016. It's a fun formation, but it's not a sign of alien life on the red planet.54 of 62NASA/JPL/Text by Amanda Kooser/CNETFinding alien 'faces' on MarsWith a little time and effort, anyone can find rock formations that look like human or alien faces on Mars. Here are two "faces" with their features pointed out. This image comes from NASA's Curiosity rover, which snapped the landscape view in late 2016.All it takes is some imagination to harness the human power of pareidolia, a phenomenon that causes people to see recognizable faces and shapes in unrelated objects.55 of 62NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona56 of 62NASA/JPL-California Institute of Tecnology; Flickr/2di7 & titanio44Not an alien hunk of metal on MarsSome Mars-watching space fans on Flickr enhanced an image captured by the Mars Curiosity in early 2013 to highlight what appears to be a hunk of metal just hanging out on. Opportunity Rover Last Words Video. Mars Rover Last Words Footage. Opportunity Rover Last Words. Mars Rover Last Message Song. Mars Insight Last Words. Mars Rover Footage Real Last Words. Discover the surprising revelation of giant holes in the Mars Curiosity rover tires! Explore the latest news from NASA and the world of space exploration Mars Rover Spirit Last Words. Mars Rover Oppy. Robot on Mars Singing Happy Birthday and Last Words My Battery Is Low and Its Getting Dark. Curiosity Rover Birthday Celebration on Mars. Experience the heartwarming moment of the Curiosity Rover singing happy birthday to itself on Mars. Witness this special event in space history unfold!

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With curiosity's 4 frame a second video.... but this blows it out of the water! Really exciting when the audio from mission control (that was actually recorded several minutes later - because of the time delay between Mars and Earth) is dubbed onto the video as if live.CuriosityAbove is one of those most rarest of media (EDIT: until Perseverance’s landing)- live video (even only at four frames a second) from another planet. This video follows the landing of Curiosity - from the ejection of it's heat shield, falling (on parachute) and then being lowered to the surface from the sky crane (a hovering rocket powered structure that kicks up a lot of dust in the video).Above is a remarkable animation (made before Curiosity even left earth) showing Curiosity's exciting arrival and then the rover going about it's business. Strangely, it brings home the loneliness of the life of a Mars Rover.Viking ImageFirst colour image from the surface of Mars. Viking Mission, July 21, 1976. By NASA/JPL - (image link), Public Domain,