When the renowned American writer Ray Bradbury was writing his famous novel “The Martian Chronicles” back in 1965, he could never have imagined that just a few decades later scientists would begin detecting very strange phenomena on Mars.
NASA has decided to entertain star enthusiasts and fans of cosmic anomalies with images taken by the NASA Curiosity rover. As a result, the surface of the Red Planet continuously yields photographs of bizarre objects.
The latest image captured by the rover has caused particular sensation—a giant spoon hovering over a rock. Previously, NASA had recorded silhouettes resembling an iguana, a rat, a human face, crabs, and even a yeti.
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Internet users have taken these images quite seriously, and the topic of life on Mars has been raised repeatedly. However, scientists explain this phenomenon quite simply as pareidolia—common visual illusions and tricks of light and shadow.
