New Picture Clicked By Perseverance Rover Shows Donut-Shaped Rock On Mars
The rock has a large hole in its centre. Naturally, conspiracy theorists had their own set of reasoning for this hole. May be an alien toilet, or a sort of egg?
We're constantly being treated to amazing visual treats from Mars, all thanks to NASA's Perseverance rover. First, we got the image of an "alien door" (of course, it wasn't a door) and now we have got a picture of a donut-shaped rock.
The rock has a large hole in its centre. Naturally, conspiracy theorists had their own set of reasoning for this hole. May be an alien toilet, or a sort of egg?
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That's very unlikely though. It is most probably a meteorite that fell to Mars. The image, snapped on June 23, was shared on Twitter by the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI).
"@NASAPersevere took a picture using the SuperCam Remote Micro-Imager on 23 June 2023 of a donut-shaped rock off in the distance," SETI wrote.
#PPOD: @NASAPersevere took a picture using the SuperCam Remote Micro-Imager on 23 June 2023 of a donut-shaped rock off in the distance, which could be a large meteorite alongside smaller pieces. Credit: @NASA @NASAJPL @Caltech @LosAlamosNatLab @CNES @IRAP_France @mars_stu pic.twitter.com/9EFTr5tlno
¡ª The SETI Institute (@SETIInstitute) June 26, 2023
Remains of a large meteorite
SETI claims that the rock could be a "large meteorite alongside smaller pieces," but many Twitter users have other ideas. A user excitedly wrote, "Just say it!!! There is life on Mars," while another user endearingly said, "Alien toilet!"
maybe some kind of egg ^^
¡ª ? (@leavnewg) June 26, 2023
Alien toilet!
¡ª Ivan Salazar (@EMP_Wrecker) June 26, 2023
"It's the ruins of a well from a technologically advanced pre-ice age civilization. They were on Mars too," another said.
It's the ruins of a well from a technologically advanced pre-ice age civilization. They were on Mars too.
¡ª Oxfords Not Brogues ?? ? ? ?? (@Tancred1098) June 26, 2023
Just ask @Graham__Hancock
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But SETI's explanation is the one that makes most sense, considering meteorites are regularly spotted by rovers on Mars. Earlier this year, NASA's Curiosity Rover captured an image of a meteorite nicknamed 'Cacao' while the Opportunity rover clicked a picture of a meteorite dubbed 'Block Island' in 2009.
Also read: Four People Set To Inhabit Ultra-Realistic Mars-Like Base On Earth
In 2020, NASA launched its Mars mission including the Perseverance rover that is currently searching for signs of ancient life on the Red Planet. The rover is currently exploring an ancient river delta in the Jezero Crater that once had a lake.
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