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Zooming in on Mars
Originally published: January 23, 2008 10:36 AM PDT

Pictures of Big Foot, the Loch Ness monster, and the Face on Mars may have new company. A blowup section of an image from the Mars rover Spirit shows what looks like a person perched atop a rock on Mars. The image, shown here, was grabbed from panoramic images taken by Spirit November 6-9, 2007.

January 25 update: In an e-mail, a NASA spokesman said that the "man" on Mars is actually "a 2-inch sedimentary rock that has been eroded by the wind."

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Looks like Bigfoot  Tigertank | 01/23/08
HA HA your right  nicholai50 | 01/23/08
They steal my thoughts  bartski | 01/23/08
RE: (Images: Is that a rock or a man on Mars?)  wesleydbrown@... | 01/23/08
Considering it's distance from the rover..  Carrion | 01/23/08
RE: (Images: Is that a rock or a man on Mars?)  eval@... | 01/23/08
What about the other guy?  elffuts | 01/23/08
She´s...  paulo.s.lima | 01/24/08
Mom???  NYMgr | 01/23/08
RE: (Images: Is that a rock or a man on Mars?)  les2297@... | 01/23/08
RE: (Images: Is that a rock or a man on Mars?)  philbarberg@... | 01/23/08
mermaid  Hobyx | 01/23/08
what about the perch?  IndredKold | 01/23/08
Yes that was bigfoot  Dunkleosteus | 01/23/08
RE: (Images: Is that a rock or a man on Mars?)  hawkeye96 | 01/23/08
RE: (Images: Is that a rock or a man on Mars?)  captainjoe@... | 01/23/08
Image 3 doesn't look like Mars, unless  captainjoe@... | 01/23/08
I was thinking along the same lines, Joe...  Jeff Hayes | 01/23/08
The angular stuff in pic #3 is the lander  critic-at-arms | 01/23/08
Look at the whole picture...  Eriamjh | 01/24/08
RE: (Images: Is that a rock or a man on Mars?)  supertrampcomcastnet@... | 01/23/08
RE: (Images: Is that a rock or a man on Mars?)  mikelewismcp@... | 01/23/08
RE: (Images: Is that a rock or a man on Mars?)  diddee1124@... | 01/23/08
RE: (Images: Is that a rock or a man on Mars?)  hernandezrafael@... | 01/23/08
RE: (Images: Is that a rock or a man on Mars?)  iliad007@... | 01/23/08
RE: (Images: Is that a rock or a man on Mars?)  tgooch@... | 01/23/08
It Was No_Ax  itanalyst | 01/23/08
That explains his posts  critic-at-arms | 01/23/08
RE: Elfutt's 'Other Guy's Arm' Comment  brookbat@... | 01/23/08
I just downloaded photo on Rover site  kodaly2001 | 01/23/08
Now we know where Flat Fatima went  critic-at-arms | 01/23/08
Ignore the distractions  Omch'Ar | 01/23/08
RE: (Images: Is that a rock or a man on Mars?)  arlandi@... | 01/23/08
A mermaid!  magne.stovern@... | 01/24/08
A mermaid!  magne.stovern@... | 01/24/08
There are more !!!!  paulo.s.lima | 01/24/08
Hacker's work  patibulo | 01/24/08
Notice the exquisite layering of the rocks?  Knorthern Knight | 01/24/08
I'll deny it.  Eriamjh | 01/24/08
I will counter that claim  GuidingLight | 01/24/08
Those damn Russians got there first - AGAIN  Bozhidar | 01/24/08
Geez - Haven't any of you people ever heard of...  Vesicant | 01/24/08
So you are saying that  GuidingLight | 01/24/08
Maybe it's...  IT_Guy_z | 01/24/08
OMG, another figure from another dead planet!  flaschthomas@... | 01/24/08
Whew! Finally...  flaschthomas@... | 01/24/08
RE: (Images: Is that a rock or a man on Mars?)  meniskos@... | 01/24/08
How about a shadow.  arescan@... | 01/24/08
This confirms it: Martians are hiding from us waiting to attack.  kraterz | 01/24/08
We've seen the evidence  GM Fedorchuk | 01/25/08
Odd pixelation  mist42nz | 01/25/08
Great.  swelborn2001@... | 01/25/08
Is that a rock or a man on Mars?  david602@... | 01/25/08
RE: (Images: Is that a rock or a man on Mars?)  stclairs@... | 01/26/08
RE: (Images: Is that a rock or a man on Mars?)  kcadle | 01/26/08
RE: (Images: Is that a rock or a man on Mars?)  bkrsrb | 01/26/08
RE: (Images: Is that a rock or a man on Mars?)  stevecox33@... | 01/27/08
RE: (Images: Is that a rock or a man on Mars?)  tom.germiat@... | 01/27/08
RE: (Images: Is that a rock or a man on Mars?)  yip@... | 01/28/08
Finally! Definitive Proof...  blunderdog | 01/28/08

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