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MIA015: Pipe/Life Form
MIA015: Pipe/Life Form
IMAGE DETAILS
Mars Report Ref: MIA015
Report date: July-August 2017
Research Status: Open - Possible mechanical debris or life form
Description: Pipe/Life Form
Approximate size: 50-100 cm
Mission: Spirit Rover
Location: Gusev Crater
Found by: N/A
Image date: Sol 229, Aug 2004
Image credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell
Graphics/image editing: M. J. Craig
Image source: (1) http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/2/p/229/2P146694689EFF8600P2402L7M1.JPG
(2) https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/2/p/229/2P146694587EFF8600P2402L7M1.HTML
OBSERVATIONS
This provocative image throws up the possibility that if we are not looking at an artefact, then we may well be looking at a life form.
POTENTIAL FOR AN ARTIFICIAL OBJECT
A tubular form with a possible circular hole at the end, resembling a pipe.
COMMON EXPLANATION
Optical illusion.
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