Did NASA Mars Rover find a secret Alien doorway On Red Planet?@TheCosmosNews
#thecosmosnews One of the most recent snaps beamed back from the Curiosity rover on Mars has revealed a rather interesting feature in the rocks: what looks to be a perfectly carved out doorway nestling in the Martian landscape. The doorway doppelgänger is so eerily convincing we re almost tempted to start believing that it leads to a little hideaway for Martians, or perhaps a portal to another Universe entirely. We re also getting tunnel to the center of the planet vibes from this. At the very least, the picture and the geological feature it s captured would seem to be enough to inspire a science-fiction movie or two. However, the far more sensible people of Reddit have pointed to this likely being a shear fracture: the result of some kind of strain on the rock breaking part of it off, perhaps given a helping hand by a marsquake or two. In fact, the largest temblor recorded on the red planet so far happened on May 4 of this year, and scientists are still working to pinpoint where exactly it happened and what caused it. What s more, while the the door-like rock formation may appear to be full-sized in our imaginations, it s possible the cavity seen is only a few centimeters or inches tall in real life, though it s difficult to be certain from the picture. You can see a bigger, colorized version of the original picture here. The doorway shape is up towards the top of the composite image, a little to the left of the center. The image was taken at a geological feature known as Greenheugh Pediment, by the Mast Camera on board Curiosity, on 7 May 2022. In the years that we ve had access to close-ups of Mars from landers and orbiters, we ve been treated to some truly weird and wonderful snapshots of the red planet: craters filled with ice, strange chevron-shaped rock formations, hollowed-out mountains and plenty more. In terms of spooky discoveries in space that appear to resemble alien structures, it s important we don t get too carried away with what grainy images can sometimes suggest. You may remember the strange, cube-shaped object spotted on the Moon by China s Yutu 2 rover last year. After further investigation, it turns out that the alien hut was simply another rock – with tricks of light and perspective giving it its cuboid shape. Similarly, we suspect that this mystery doorway will ultimately have an explanation that s just as ordinary... but we re having plenty of fun speculating in the meantime.
