Life on Mars? Amazing photos from Nasa probe reveal
mystery figure on Red Planet
Perched on a rock, she could be waiting for a bus.
But if so, she could be in for an awfully long wait.
This photo of what looks remarkably like a female figure with her
arm outstretched, was taken on Mars.
Call me rocky: The intriguing image captured by
Nasa on Mars
Perhaps unsurprisingly, it has set the Internet abuzz with claims
that there really is life on the red planet.
Others may well feel that it is simply an optical illusion caused
by a landscape
Alien life: What seems to be a human-like
Martian is pictured on Mars
The image was among many sent back to Earth by Spirit, Nasa's Mars
explorer vehicle which landed there four years ago.
Initial inspections revealed nothing unusual, but closer
examination by amateur astronomers has thrown up this intriguing
picture.
Painstaking: Space enthusiasts spent four years
analysing this image, which on much closer inspection shows the
'alien'
As one enthusiast put it on a website: "These pictures are amazing.
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw what appears to be a naked
alien running around on Mars."
Another, dismissing cynicism about the somewhat stony look of the
"alien", wrote: "If you show me another rock in another photo from
Mars, or Earth, that naturally looks like that, I will
reconsider."
Say cheese: The mystery image was captured by Nasa's explorer
vehicle, Spirit
A third contributor, who might have come closer to the majority
view, said: "Ah, the human eye can be tricked so easily."
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