This image was taken on September 27, 2024.
Mars is one of Earth’s closest space neighbors, and the idea of finding alien life there, just a short rocket journey away, has long piqued human curiosity. Such life has not yet been discovered. However, since NASA and other space agencies began using robotic technology to explore the Red Planet’s surface and sky, images of strange formations and features have continued to pique the curiosity of scientists and space enthusiasts, inspiring both fear and optimism.
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From an open travel book to a teddy bear’s face, frozen mineral flowers, a mysterious doorway and fossilized animal tracks, there are countless intriguing objects on Mars that seem out of place on a barren, dusty planet, fueling human curiosity.
According to Science alertan image captured by the Perseverance rover during its missions is one of the creepiest yet: it looks for all the world like a desiccated, rotting human head, separated from any body, simply languishing under the harsh light of the sun. the sun.
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover obtained this image using the Right Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z consists of a pair of cameras located high on the rover’s mast. This image was taken on September 27, 2024 (Sol 1282) during the local mean solar time of 11:50:05.
It looks like a chunk of sedimentary sandstone, similar to other rocks around it. That’s not unusual for Mars, especially where water would once have flowed Science alert.