We should take that often , when it comes to Mars , ourpareidoliagoes into override . From the famous face which reverse out to be a windswept hill , tobear - looking craters , to the many many rock descry by roamer that front likeducks , flowers , and more , it ’s fun to see all these conversant thing . Well , until it turns a bit macabre . The late one reported looks surprisingly like a spine .
As always with these thing , we are sound to accentuate that it is definitely not a spine . No ivory or skeletal frame fossilized on Mars . The reply to this come from the scientist who highlighted the curious formation in the first position : Dr Nathelie Cabrol . On Twitter , she excuse that those are the corpse of ripples that have been eat at away in this singular formation .
“ In 20 years of studying Mars , that ’s the most outre rock I have ever seen . I can not expect to have a microscopical effigy of this one … ” Dr Cabroltweeted . Her expertise is on ancient lakes on Mars , just like the one that NASA ’s Curiosity is search .
Many rocks in the vicinity have some weird bumps.Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
She recognise the peculiar geological formation in a Gigapan render created byNeville Thompsonwho took the crude image and stitched them together in a sensational and colorful collage . In context , one can see multiple rocks with weird spokes and prominence , and even more striped evidence of the ancient deposit of sediments and then of the actions of wind to tardily eat at those rocks .
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Since it got to Mars in 2012 , Curiosity has been explore Gale Crater and ascend the sides of its central structure Mount Sharp . The crater used to host a lake that slowly receded until it vanish . rise Mount Sharp is like look back into the early periods of the lake . These double were taken by Curiosity on March 31 , 2023 , its 3786thMartian Day of process .
