Was anyone actually suggesting this thing was … alive? I thought the working theory was that it was the Ozymandian remnant of a statue carved by an ancient race of highly advanced Chewbaccas whose civilization had long since passed away thanks to their own avarice, cruelty, and impulse towards self-destruction.
Nope, just a rock.
“It’s a two-inch piece of rock eroded by the wind,” explained NASA spokesman Dwayne Brown…
“No one on the Mars Rover team is puzzled or surprised by the rock,” he said. “I can guarantee you that if [the alien theory] had any validity, we would would have a major press conference.”…
The Mars Rover took three days to make the huge panoramic image, slowly moving from one side to the other as it snapped images.
At each position, various filters were snapped into place over the camera lens, meaning that each static color shot actually takes several minutes to compose.
Throughout all that, the figure doesn’t move, meaning it’s certainly inanimate.
Here’s the full high-rez panorama. Stick to the left, scroll down about 70% of the way, and there you go. There’s also a space lizard wearing goggles or something in there. See how many characters in Pixar’s next film you can find!
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