The strangest photos on Mars in the world: All rocks and earth overlooking everything from animals and plants to even human faces

In the 19th century, Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli once claimed he observed the canal on Mars, but it turned out to be a mistake. Since then, many other people have 'mistakenly' seen many strange things on this planet. Some people find spoons, squirrels, or more daring than a campfire, women flirt with dresses.

It is also hard to blame them, because Mars is still a mysterious planet that we do not fully understand even though we have conducted many studies on many different scales. Here are the 10 weirdest photos of Mars, taken by spy satellites and will help you somewhat answer the question why people are so 'wrong-looking'.

Faces rise to the surface of Mars

One of the most famous illusions caused by Mars is the picture above, taken by NASA's Viking 1 satellite in 1976 in the Cydonia region. In its report, NASA described this as 'a rock shaped like a human head, with a shadow that creates the contours of the eyes, nose and mouth'.

Immediately, people inferred that these more than 3,000-meter-long rocks were essentially ancient inhabitants of Mars. However, the photos released by NASA later revealed that this was essentially a mountain with a flat surface (mesa). However, the picture above still becomes a typical example for pareidolia - syndrome obsessive psychology of the face. People with this syndrome can imagine their own face shape from any object.

The spoon is forgotten

After seeing this picture, we may be able to sympathize for those who have claimed to have observed the spoons on Mars. At present, scientists have not been able to formally conclude that this is a strange rock, or actually a tool used by the Martians every day (if they really exist).

Glimmer in the horizon

In 2016, the Curiosity autonomous vehicle captured a stunning shot at the Kimberly Waypoint, Gale Crater area on Mars. However, what surprised the most viewers was a glowing object in the distance, and once again the hypothesis of the existence of a civilization on the planet was mentioned. However, this is actually just a phenomenon created by cosmic rays, accidentally entered the lens of Curiosity and created the illusion of light is extremely interesting.

Gold on Mars

In November 2018, it was still the Curiosity car that discovered a glowing rock in the Vera Rubin Ridge area and made many people mistakenly thought it was a gold ingot when observing the photo. In fact, this is a piece of meteorite containing nickel and iron.

1 whole blueberry forest in the arid desert

In 2004, NASA's Opportunity vehicle discovered a strange area in the Meridiani Planum region on Mars. The ground here is covered in gray-blue round stones, and looking through the photo is very similar to blueberries on a super huge muffin. These stones vary in size, with diameters ranging from 100 micrometers to 602 millimeters.

Until now, scientists are still arguing about the origin of these strange stones. Most of them agree that they cannot grow in nature like a plant (blueberry, for example). It has been suggested that this may be the result of the steam condensation and re-casting into hermatite. Others have speculated they were created from broken meteorite fragments or CaCO3 ore.

Human bones peeked out in the dust

The image was startling, when the objects appearing here were very similar to the structure of human bones, especially in the thighs. Of course, that might be just another rock of a strange shape, but keep in mind that so far the scientific community has not officially concluded this image.

Squirrels with the ability to 'hide their techniques' like geckos

On September 28, 2012, the Curiosity car accidentally captured a large rock cluster which later was named as Rocknest by NASA. Immediately, scientist Scott C. Waring discovered a creature very similar to the squirrel on Earth hiding among giant rocks, and called it 'a lovely rodent on Mars. '. However, after closer study, this is actually just a normal stone like other rocks around it.

Single piece of plastic wrapped on Mars

Just a short time after setting foot on Mars, Curiosity immediately discovered a piece of plastic wrap (like a form of plastic used to wrap food) on the planet's surface. After researching, the scientists temporarily concluded that this piece belongs to Curiosity car that accidentally dropped during movement. By 2018, they had found a similar piece of plastic wrap, but turned out to be a thin rock. Just then, how Mars images can make people so dizzy that they produce illusions.

Young girl thoughtful on Mars

On September 5, 2007, NASA's Spirit car took a wide-angle photo on Mars and accidentally recorded a strange sight: an object with a strange shape, like a woman sitting Pensive However, like the 'squirrel' above, this is actually just a slab of random structure.

Ancient gods

In 2010, Opportunity took a photo of a stone shaped like a Mesopotamian statue in the Concepción Crater area. This 'statue' depicts Nabu - an intellectual god of ancient Assyria and especially revered during the reign of Adad-Nirari III and Sammuramat.