Harry is a U.K.-based senior staff writer at Live Science. He studied marine biology at the University of Exeter before training to become a journalist. He covers a wide range of topics including space exploration, planetary science, space weather, climate change, animal behavior and paleontology.
NASA spots Martian volcano twice the height of Mount Everest bursting through the morning clouds: Space photo of the week'Fighting dragons' light up little-known constellation in the Southern sky: Space photo of the week's Perseverance rover has snapped an intriguing photo of a"turtle" appearing to poke its head out of its shell on the surface of.
The reptile-like structure is the latest in a long list of Martian rocks that look similar to living creatures or other Earth objects.on Aug. 31, on what was its 1,610th Sol, or Martian day, on the Red Planet. The wandering, car-sized robot snapped the shot somewhere in the Jezero Crater — a 28-mile-wide depression where the rover touched down in 2021, which is thought to have previously contained a large lake. The photo was taken using the rover's Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals and Wide Angle Topographic Sensor for Operations and eNgineering instruments, which combined to scan the rock in, thanks to a head with two eyes that look as if it has protruded from a protective"shell" with a pair of"front legs" on either side . The Mars rovers have collectively captured tens of thousands of photos of Mars' surface, most of which feature multiple different rocks or other geological features that have been sculpted into unique shapes by ancient water sources or millenia of strong winds. Every once in a while, one of these rocks bears a resemblance to something we can see on Earth, such asGet the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox.Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors— a psychological phenomenon where the human mind perceives a familiar pattern, such as a face or image, in random objects or structures, such as clouds.Perseverance has been particularly good at spotting these weird rocks during its five-year mission. Its other recent finds include aThe Martian turtle is not the only"animal" to be spotted on the Red Planet. In recent years, Mars-orbiting spacecraft have also spotted larger geological features with a zoological appearance, including a Harry is a U.K.-based senior staff writer at Live Science. He studied marine biology at the University of Exeter before training to become a journalist. He covers a wide range of topics including space exploration, planetary science, space weather, climate change, animal behavior and paleontology. His recent work on the solar maximum won"best space submission" at the and was shortlisted in the"top scoop" category at the NCTJ Awards for Excellence in 2023. He also writes Live Science's weeklyNASA spots Martian volcano twice the height of Mount Everest bursting through the morning clouds: Space photo of the week
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