Life on Mars? Amazing photos from Nasa probe reveal mystery figure on Red Planet
By BETH HALE
Last updated at 00:18 24 January 2008
Perched on a rock, she could be
waiting for a bus.
But if so, she could be in for an
awfully long wait.
This photo of what looks remarkably
like a female figure with her
arm outstretched, was taken on
Mars.
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, it has set
the Internet abuzz with claims that
there really is life on the red planet.
Others may well feel that it is
simply an optical illusion caused by a landscape.
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The image was among
many sent back to Earth by Spirit,
Nasa's Mars explorer vehicle which
landed there four years ago.
Initial inspections revealed nothing
unusual, but closer examination by
amateur astronomers has thrown up
this intriguing picture.
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As one enthusiast put it on a website:
"These pictures are amazing. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw
what appears to be a naked alien
running around on Mars."
Another, dismissing cynicism about
the somewhat stony look of the
"alien", wrote: "If you show me
another rock in another photo
from Mars, or Earth, that naturally
looks like that, I will reconsider."
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A third contributor, who might
have come closer to the majority
view, said: "Ah, the human eye
can be tricked so easily."
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