Bad News! This ‘door’ on Mars doesn’t look like much when zoomed out

It looks like it’s “just a hole” – but we still took care of it.

the door is open

Seemingly A picture of a door on Mars cropped Thus only To make it seem like something more awesome than it actually is.

Over the weekend, an image from NASA’s Curiosity Mars spacecraft went viral as it depicts what appeared to be Rectangular entrance cut into Mount Sharp of the red planet. Although the scientist of the Mars Science Laboratory project Ashwin Vasavada confirmed Gizmodo That it was nothing more than a natural rock formation in an ancient sandstone, some true believers were not convinced.

Since the “portal” photo went viral, professional scammer Mick West has posted the zoomed-in photos of Mount Sharp taken by Curiosity – not surprisingly, they look nothing like that from this perspective.

is that possible?

This isn’t the first time in recent months that images of space have been misleading. when the Chinese space program made allegations Found a cube on the moon? It was Literally just a rock.

Despite this, fans of UFOs are unlikely to take the word of a professional skeptic like West to drop their theories. And in the same week that the picture of the “door” of Mars spread, scientists have already published a study It can have huge implications for finding life On the fourth rock from the sun.

And really, after all, who wouldn’t want to believe?

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