Do you ever see faces in things? That's a phenomenon called pareidolia, and it's when our brains see familiar shapes in objects or data, like in the cloud clouds or the cosmos. Here are some of our favorite examples of pareidolia in space:
Other Mars missions have also seen interesting objects, and people have assigned them human-relatable shapes, such as 2018 images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter that appear to show a Muppet on Mars.Some space enthusiasts and image processors alter raw imagery downlinked from NASA spacecraft and share fan-made works online. The resulting images and video are fun to look at, but not scientifically accurate.
One such catchy image making the rounds purports to show a Mars skyline, with clear views of three planets lined up in the sky—Earth, Venus, and Jupiter. It is not a NASA image and is not real, but it is an appealing-looking computer-generated image. Complicating things even more—NASA has had five rovers on Mars, plus a lander and several orbiters . Sometimes, people get spacecraft images and video mixed up, so it can be hard to tell what image was taken when, by which spacecraft, and whether it's a legitimate NASA image.You may wonder—how, can I figure out which images are real and which are not?
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