Is this a Martian?

[jimpeel]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,324800,00.html

NASA Photo Shows Humanoid Figure on Mars
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Is it Bigfoot? A Tusken Raider from the first "Star Wars" movie? Or just a rock?

British newspapers went crazy Wednesday morning about an image from Mars that appears to show a humanoid figure descending a shallow hillside.

The "alien" is actually a blurry detail in a huge panoramic photograph snapped on the edge of Mars' Gusev crater by NASA's Spirit rover in early November, and posted on NASA's Web site on Jan. 2.

Naturally, it took the Photoshop skills of dedicated bloggers to find the "humanoid."

• Click here for the full NASA image. If that doesn't work, try this. The figure is in the bottom left.

"NASA scientists have been puzzled by the peculiarly life-like image," declared the Times of London, despite the apparent fact that no one from NASA has had any comment.

The skeptical Web site BadAstronomy.com, however, scoffed, "Puhlllleeeeze. A man? It's a tiny rock only a few inches high. It's only a few feet from the rover!"

Other British papers saw the humo(u)r in the story, with the Sun theorizing that it was Detective Gene Hunt, the drunken, sexist policeman from the BBC time-traveling crime series "Life on Mars."

"It's Usama bin Laden!" declared one Times of London commenter. "All this time we thought he was in Pakistan."

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[paul_valaru]

It's marvin

 

[chcr]

I hope he's not "very,very angry."

 

[jimpeel]

Went to the full size pic and all I can say is "Wow!" The sheer scope of the pamorama is breathtaking. The "Martian" looks like a weathered rock to me. The only way to ascertain the truth would be to return the rover to that spot and retake the pic. Either the "Martian" will be gone or the rock will still be there.

 

[Luis G]

Looks like a weird rock to me. People would naturally find all kinds of humanoid shapes everywhere, when in fact, why should aliens be anything human-like?

 

[jimpeel]

Hell, some idiot found an image of Jesus' crucifixion in a potato the other day.

 

[paul_valaru]

Looks like a weird rock to me. People would naturally find all kinds of humanoid shapes everywhere, when in fact, why should aliens be anything human-like?

ancient spaceman theory

Seeding the universe theories

at least it makes special effects cheaper in sci-fi movies

 

[SouthernN'Proud]

Since there are no Martians, I can say with 100% certainty that yes, that is a Martian



























rock.

 

[ResearchMonkey]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,324800,00.html

Tom Crusie?

 

[jimpeel]

THIS PAGE from the NASA site has an index of great pics and THIS PAGE has selectable planetary and stellar mission pics and events.

 

[Gonz]

SHOOT IT!

 

[SouthernN'Proud]

The more I look at it, the more it looks like a photoshopped pic of Charlie Manson in the desert...

 

[2minkey]

yeah if you look real hard you can see the swastika on his forehead.

 

[A.B.Normal]

If you look just below/end of the rock(red v is pointing to it) ,is that a WMD or a giant penis?

 

[OldHippie]

For Christ sakes you people, it's Bigfoot

 

[jimpeel]

For Christ sakes you people, it's Bigfoot

Holy crap!!! That's the guy!!

 

[Leslie]

Haha that's what I thought it looked like. Bigfoot 'shopped in there.

 

[chcr]

If you look just below/end of the rock(red v is pointing to it) ,is that a WMD or a giant penis?

Martians are well hung????

 

[A.B.Normal]

Martians are well hung????

I guess thats why they Need Women or replacement women at least.

 

[Inkara1]

For Christ sakes you people, it's Bigfoot

Bigfoot? Not sure I'm seeing the resemblance...