Rare Pic Of Mars Surface Looking Like A Dragon Captured By NASA Orbiter

Space is mysterious. We¡¯ve seen some crazy amazing things in our universe that manage to awe us every time. Whether it¡¯s the supermoon or the devil eclipse, nature never stops amazing us with its beauty. And now, we¡¯ve spotted something similarly unusual, similarly breathtaking on Mars.

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NASA¡¯s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter released an image of the Martian surface on Saturday that looks a lot like a ginormous dragon. Captured on the University of Arizona¡¯s HiRISE camera, the image was spotted in the southwestern Melas Chasma.

The image was first taken on July 4, 2007, from an altitude of 258 km, however, recently, people at the University of Arizona turned the image upside down that made the dragon truly appear.

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According to a blogpost by the University of Arizona, ¡°Along the floor of Melas Chasma is an unusual blocky deposit composed of light-toned blocks in a darker matrix. The high resolution of the HiRISE image reveals layers only a few meters thick in some of the light-toned blocks. The blocks vary in size but most fall between 100 to 500 meters in diameter.¡±

Melas Chasmas is a part of the massive Valles Marineri canyon system located right at Mars¡¯s equator. According to previous reports by NASA, the presence of Melas Chasmas is evidence for water as well as wind action as modes of formation for several deposits on the interiors.

The researchers also pointed out a set of valleys at the very bottom of the image. Researchers explain that stating, "Several of the light-toned deposits are seen only in the valleys, suggesting they were either deposited or are exposed by erosion.¡±

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Mars has been home to such beautiful formations. NASA has spotted several things such as Pacman, Star Strek Star Fleet Insignia among several other things, but this surely is the coolest.

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