Sorry, NASA Did not Spot a Secret Doorway on Mars

Sorry, NASA Didn't Spot a Secret Doorway on Mars - CNET

This story is a part of Welcome to Mars, our collection exploring the pink planet.

what I’d love? Definitive proof of alien life on Mars. Give me tentacle monsters. Give me a civilization of aliens dwelling in underground bunkers. Make my sci-fi fantasies come true. A current NASA Curiosity rover picture of an oddball rock formation on the pink planet has led to some enjoyable hypothesis, however it’s not proof of alien exercise. Drat. 

Goofy Mars rocks are the spice of life for me, and this one is a delight. I got here throughout it Tuesday in a since-removed Reddit dialogue asking what might need precipitated a doorway-like cutout on the facet of a Mars hill. The view comes from a collection of uncooked pictures captured by Curiosity’s mast-mounted digital camera on Might 7.

A mosaic view of Mars from Curiosity places the “doorway” into context.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Pink circle by Amanda Kooser/CNET

UFO debunker UFO of Curiosity tackled the picture of what appears like “an entrance to a secret underground tunnel” by sharing a broader take a look at the panorama. “Watching it in context as a part of the entire mosaic, we are able to see that little area of interest in a rock with different blocks, fractures, shapes and different erosive options throughout that rock face,” UFO of Curiosity tweeted on Wednesday.

About this uncooked picture (https://t.co/hZxiepGQXx), what’s that? An entrance to a secret underground tunnel? Watching it in context as a part of the entire mosaic, we are able to see that little area of interest in a rock w/ different blocks, fractures, shapes & different erosive options throughout that rock face. pic.twitter.com/ou4Ze941HR

— ufoofinterest.org (@ufoofinterest) Might 11, 2022

Mars pictures will be difficult. A funkily eroded rock can appear to be a fish. A back-lit cliff can appear to be the profile of a face. Cropped pictures and zoomed-in views could make tiny options appear massive. The “doorway” is perhaps utterly unremarkable if the shadows occurred to be falling at a unique angle. 

This isn’t meant to discourage the enjoyment at discovering weird-shaped rocks and panorama options on Mars. We completely ought to experience butt cracks and Zen gardens and kooky arches. However maybe what’s most magical is that we now have a wheeled robotic tootling about within the Gale Crater, beaming again pictures from one other world. 


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