The red planet is constantly being photographed by the multiple rovers that are on it,
and some of the photos they’ve captured are truly terrifying.
Here are 10 Mars photos that will give you nightmares:
10. Tadpole on Mars
To start off the list, we’re going to be taking a look at this strange formation on the surface of
Mars that caught the attention of many people, including scientists who were puzzled at its
existence. This formation shows a large circle, with a small tail coming out of its rear end.
Many people have compared this formation to how a tadpole, a sperm cell, or even how a yo-yo looks
like. No one knows how this formation was really formed since it’s so smooth and unlike any other
formation we’ve seen. In fact, the “tail” of the formation actually looks as if an actual human
finger had made it, like running your finger down some sand. Things get more suspicious
when you take in the fact that Mars had quite a “water-ey” past, and similarly to Earth, most
of the planet was actually water at one point, and guess where amphibians usually lay tadpoles?
9. Dust Devil on Mars
If you wanna take a look at a picture that’s pretty scary in its own right and isn’t some
sort of alien conspiracy, then look no further than this one. Dust devils are a very common
phenomenon on Mars, considering it’s one of the dustiest planets in the solar system, and they can
actually be quite dangerous and form into entire tornadoes! If we’re ever to colonize Mars at all,
the dust devils, tornadoes, and severe storms will be something we’ll definitely need to keep
a lookout for, but even while sitting here on earth, this image does seem really ominous.
8. Cannonball
If the theory is true that there was life on Mars before a mass extinction event, how advanced was
that life? That’s another question many people have when it comes to the many hypothetical
events related to Mars. This question popped up once again in 2017 when an image from Mars’
curiosity rover showed a rock that looked a lot like an actual cannonball. Perhaps there were
ancient wars on the red planet that we don’t know of. A popular conspiracy blog posted an image of
this said “cannonball”, but NASA immediately refuted the image on Twitter by saying it’s
actually less than a quarter-inch in size and is made up of calcium sulfate, sodium, and magnesium.
7. Marsalanche
It’s both incredible and scary how similar Mars and Earth really are. They have quite
similar seasons as well, Summer, Spring, Fall, and Winter. Mars’ spring, which occurs around May and
June of “earth time”, is known to be particularly unpredictable. This image captured in 2010 from
NASA’s Reconnaissance Orbiter shows an actual avalanche happening on the red planet, and it
shows the complete destruction this avalanche can cause. It could also be a fall of mostly
carbon-dioxide frost, according to NASA, but whatever it is, it certainly does seem terrifying.
6. Waffle Island
While this photo might not give you nightmares (unless you have a super specific phobia),
it’s surely going to confuse you. In 2014, NASA’s Reconnaissance Orbiter took this picture of an
“island” that many people on the internet dubbed as waffle island.
Some people took it a step further and said the island actually looks like it
has veins wrapped all around it, and we’re inclined to agree with them. Who knows,
maybe this is the “heart” to all life on Mars. It’s likely just a geographical anomaly, though.
5. Strange Statue on Mars?
This is a photo that was released by NASA at the tail end of the Opportunity mission on Mars.
Remember, the primary mission of these rovers is not simply to take pictures of Mars,
but to find signs of life on the planet, and these rovers are actually designed to
take pictures of anything that may resemble life. In 2019, when this photo was released,
everyone had only one thing on their minds, that this is a picture of some sort of statue,
if not an actual living being. You can look at the picture and make up your own mind on what that is,
because as much as NASA or any other space “expert” might tell us, there’s clearly
something up with the structure we see in this image. There’s almost no way this is simply
a natural geological formation, there has to be some sort of intelligent being that created this,
as it strikingly resembles an actual human being. Perhaps the rover just
wanted to play a goodbye prank on us before ending its mission, we’re not too amused.
4. Thigh Bone
When it comes to random objects on Mars, oftentimes, they’re a bit of a stretch. While
we’re not gonna insist any of these items are what the conspiracy theorists say they are, we’re
not denying them either. In fact, that’s usually NASA’s response to whenever these items are found,
neither confirm nor deny. This thigh bone, though, fits the description of an actual
human thigh bone to a T. The thigh bone is actually of a different color from all of the
other rocks that were surrounding it, which already raised many people’s suspicions,
but this picture took a whole new form of glory when anatomists, people who aren’t exactly the
biggest conspiracy theorists, pointed out that this “rock” looks exactly like a human thigh bone.
In comparison, here’s what a human thigh bone actually looks like,
do you see the resemblance? Of course, this could just be a strange, long, rock,
which is also what most “experts” claim, but we’re still not ruling out the possibility.
3. Gold on Mars?
In 2012, the Curiosity Rover released a bunch of images of Mars and one particular image
surprised everyone. In the middle of a rather dull, general martian soil, covered in shade,
there was one small rock that seemed to shine its way through attracting
everyone’s, even the rover’s, attention. NASA later confirmed that this type of
material is actually quite common on Mars, but they didn’t really confirm what it is.
I don’t know about you guys, but we can’t wait for the Martian Gold Rush.
2. Spoon on Mars
For a planet that seems to have no way of feeding humans, it sure seems to want us to eat. In the
early days of the curiosity rover, when everyone was anxious for every picture released by it,
NASA released this strange picture of rocks that are formed in a way
where it makes it seem like there’s a spoon being held up by the rocks.
Normally on earth, a fragile structure like this would simply fall to the ground, but on Mars
gravity is much weaker, so structures like this are actually quite stable.
Do you think this resembles an actual spoon? Let us know in the comments below!
1. Face on Mars
One of the most classic images to ever come out of the red planet was this strange and downright
creepy image of what looks like a face on the surface of Mars. While we admit it’s entirely
possible for something like this to naturally form, there’s plenty of examples of faces like
this to pop up naturally on the earth as well on a variety of different surfaces, still,
we can’t help but be fascinated by an image that looks so similar to an actual human face. The
detail is ridiculous, there are perfectly formed eyes, down to the curve and corners of the eyes,
there is an actual nostril visible in the image, the rocks are placed as if the “face”
has an actual hairline, and there are lips that are placed almost perfectly below the nose,
just like actual humans have. Geography has a funny way of playing tricks on us,
but for many of us, this coincidence is too precise not to be on purpose. The face
was first captured by the Viking 1 in 1976, and in 2001, NASA took an updated photo of the face
that shows it has completely flattened, maybe they knew we were catching on.
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