Posted on 07/14/2022 9:44:40 AM PDT by Red Badger
A tangled, string-like object sits on the sandy brown Martian ground with a rock nearby.
This tangled mess of something is likely debris left over from Perseverance's arrival on Mars.
NASA/JPL-Caltech
I just checked, and there are no Italian restaurants on Mars. So there goes one explanation for an odd object photographed by NASA's Perseverance rover on Tuesday. It isn't spaghetti. Nor is it a sea creature or a hair ball. It looks like a tangle of string or shredded material that's clinging together.
Mars landscape with the Perseverance rover's robotic arm inspects a flat rock near the center. A wheel is visible in the lower right corner and the sphagetti-like object is circled in red at the bottom. Enlarge Image This image from July 12, 2022, puts the spaghetti-shaped object (circled in red) in perspective with the rover's wheel and the end of its robotic arm. It looks like a good-size forkful.
NASA/JPL-Caltech; red circle by Amanda Kooser/CNET
The image comes from one of the rover's front-facing hazard avoidance cameras that keep an eye on the landscape to protect Percy when it's driving or using its robotic arm.
The most likely explanation for the tangle of material is debris from the mission. Perseverance has caught sight of its landing equipment leftovers from near and far. Notably, back in June the rover spotted a small piece of a thermal blanket wedged against a rock.
The rover's arrival on Mars in February 2021 was quite a dramatic event. The descent stage safely delivered the wheeled laboratory to the surface and then skedaddled away to crash at a distance. Percy caught sight of the crash, and you can see how bits and bobs of gear might've gotten spread across a wide area of the landscape.
Mars is starting to look like the day after an earth day rally
conspiracy theory kook says, you can see the guy’s shadow on the left taking the photo. We aren’t on mars.
LOL. I just made that up maybe I can get someone to believe it.
Looks like twine.
The flying spaghetti monster is real. This is going to screw with the heads of atheists so badly.
Those guys on youtube see cars , trucks , boats ,planes on Mars ,LOL
gmta!.........................
“ conspiracy theory kook says, you can see the guy’s shadow on the left taking the photo. We aren’t on mars.
LOL. I just made that up maybe I can get someone to believe it.”
Let’s hope no one finds out that object is just from a weed that was pulled from the greenhouse directly behind the rover.
MARTIAN TUMBLEWEED!....................
Martian String Theory?
On a nearby ridge a martian is looking down upon the scene with a tear streaming down his cheek.
This will be fun reading what all the space scientists think of this object.
He has been touched by his noodly appendage!
Ra-men
That isn't spaghetti. It's ramen.
Damn Chinese trash!..............................
One of Shelia Jackson Lee’s crown weaves fell out when she was planting the flag on Mars.
It proves that the Martians have college students.
The Martians are planning their “Save the Planet” marches now.
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