Bisnis.com, JAKARTA – Humans have seen strange things on the surface March for centuries.

Perhaps because, other than Earth, Mars is the closest planet in the solar system to a habitable planet, or perhaps because it is close enough to be seen well enough.

No matter what happens, Earthlings are still deceived by the rocky surface of Mars and by their own psychology.

From creepy humanoid figures to books, bears and Beatles birds.

Here are some of the most iconic illusions humans have ever seen on the Red Planet that predict the existence of life on Mars.

1. The “Book” of Mars

Although this strange object looks like a book with a page frozen while turning, it is actually just a stone and a small one.

This charming little reading stone is just 1 inch wide, according to NASA. At least it’s travel size!

2. Teddy Bear Face

In an image shared in January 2023 by the University of Arizona (UA), the face of a huge Martian teddy bear with two large eyes, a button nose and a raised mouth smiles at NASA’s Mars camera. Reconnaissance orbiter (MRO).

According to UA, the cuddly-wuddly formation is probably just a fragment of a hill in the middle of an ancient crater.

3. Frozen “flowers”

Photo of a “mineral flower” and other diagenetic features on the surface of Mars, taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover on February 25.

Branched like tiny corals, these delicate mineral flowers are today the greenest plants found on the red planet. Mineral deposits like this are common on Mars and are the result of a mixture of ancient water and ancient rocks.

However, it’s rare to see objects that look exactly like flowers, NASA researchers say. Curiosity spotted this flower in February 2022.

4. Martian “humans”

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this westward view from the lowlands where Spirit spent the final months of 2007.

In 2007, the Mars rover Spirit captured a rather interesting sight at home on the Red Planet: a human wearing a robe and kneeling in prayer.

Spirit captured a panoramic view of a plateau called Home Plate, located in the interior basin of the Columbia Hills mountain range, within Gusev Crater.

Of course, the “man” in the photo is just a rock that, because of pareidolia, transforms into human form in our brains.

5. “Face”

NASA’s Viking 1 Orbiter spacecraft photographed this region in the northern latitudes of Mars on July 25, 1976, while searching for the landing site of the Viking 2 lander.

It all started in 1976, when NASA released an interesting image of a mountain on Mars, taken by the Viking 1 spacecraft, accompanied by a caption describing the formation as appearing to have eyes and nostrils.

More than 30 years later, the “Face on Mars” still inspires myths and conspiracy theories, with many believing it to be an artificial structure built by an ancient Martian civilization.

From a bird’s eye view, the shadows on the mountain really made it look like a face. However, from other angles, as seen in photos taken by Mars Express Orbiter and other spacecraft, the mountain definitely looks like one and doesn’t look like a face at all.

6. Ghandi’s face

A feature of the surface of Mars that some believe is similar to the profile of Mahatma Gandhi.

One of the bumps on Mars, discovered by an Italian named Matteo Ianneo, bore a striking resemblance to Indian independence activist Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated in 1948.

Higher resolution images show that the shape is not a mountain or hill, but a hole, which resembles a human head seen in profile, although what looks like eyes and eyebrows in the image from Google Mars is less visible in the image. high resolution images.

7. Martian “animal tracks”

A researcher made the controversial claim in 2018, showing images of stick-shaped structures, each the size of a grain of rice, across Martian rock.

NASA researchers quickly refuted this claim, noting that similar features are common on Earth in regions where salt is concentrated in water, such as evaporating lakes.

Their presence on Mars is further evidence of the past existence of rivers and lakes on the Red Planet – but still does not provide proof that living creatures ever graced its surface.

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