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Life on Mars? Amazing photos from Nasa probe reveal mystery figure on Red Planet
Last updated at 00:52am on 23.01.08Perched on a rock, she could be waiting for a bus.
But if so, she could be in for an awfully long wait.
This photo of what looks remarkably like a female figure with her arm outstretched, was taken on Mars.
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Call me rocky: The intriguing image captured by Nasa on Mars
Perhaps unsurprisingly, it has set the Internet abuzz with claims that there really is life on the red planet.
Others may well feel that it is simply an optical illusion caused by a landscape.
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Alien life: What seems to be a human-like Martian is pictured on Mars
The image was among many sent back to Earth by Spirit, Nasa's Mars explorer vehicle which landed there four years ago.
Initial inspections revealed nothing unusual, but closer examination by amateur astronomers has thrown up this intriguing picture.
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Painstaking: Space enthusiasts spent four years analysing this image, which on much closer inspection shows the 'alien'
As one enthusiast put it on a website: "These pictures are amazing. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw what appears to be a naked alien running around on Mars."
Another, dismissing cynicism about the somewhat stony look of the "alien", wrote: "If you show me another rock in another photo from Mars, or Earth, that naturally looks like that, I will reconsider."
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Say cheese: The mystery image was captured by Nasa's explorer vehicle, Spirit
A third contributor, who might have come closer to the majority view, said: "Ah, the human eye can be tricked so easily."
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It was gonna mean a lot if man took the pix physically ,but as we all know other planets are there, were there & will be there for a soul purpose know only he who knows what is beyond man's limit of understanding the yonders of this earth. The foto can be real but what is in it needs pysical authenticity.
- Muonga, Kafue, zambia
I think she looks kind-of heavy...they must have McDonalds up there.
- Saundra, USA
I think it is an alien
- Robertarmstrong, newcastle
