Teh One Who Knocks
03-14-2016, 12:35 PM
The Express Staff
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SPACE enthusiasts watching the Rover roam the surface of Mars believe they have found signs of ancient life - after they spotted what looks like a SPHINX.
NASA has been beaming photos from space since their mobile robot Curiosity landed there in August 2012.
Keen-eyed amateur astronomer Joe White, 45, noticed a chuck of rock in the footage which looks bizarrely like an enormous long statue, complete with head.
Mr White, a space video journalist from Bristol, said: "I estimate it to be at least 100 feet long, possibly 200.
http://i.imgur.com/ZnC2D5C.jpg
The image was taken from the Mars Curiosity rover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty4lZtoWlE4
"I have been studying this area in detail for years now and was looking for a closer photo of this spot as I suspected there might be something interesting to be seen.
"When I looked at this particular NASA image I was astounded at the large head detail on this giant structure.
"The door like archway to the right of the possible sphinx head also caught my eye as I looked further.
http://i.imgur.com/7FSy60J.jpg
NASA has been beaming photos of Mars since the robot landed in 2012
http://i.imgur.com/7Nxb3N8.jpg
The chunk of rock resembles the ancient Egyptian statues
"I darkened the image to see if that would help and the detail just jumped off the screen at me. I was quite astounded."
Mr White runs the YouTube channel ArtAlienTV and trawls through Nasa's images every day to find unusual shapes.
The image was shot from the 6ft-high right hand side mast cam on the Curiosity Rover.
http://i.imgur.com/t9FUTf4.jpg
SPACE enthusiasts watching the Rover roam the surface of Mars believe they have found signs of ancient life - after they spotted what looks like a SPHINX.
NASA has been beaming photos from space since their mobile robot Curiosity landed there in August 2012.
Keen-eyed amateur astronomer Joe White, 45, noticed a chuck of rock in the footage which looks bizarrely like an enormous long statue, complete with head.
Mr White, a space video journalist from Bristol, said: "I estimate it to be at least 100 feet long, possibly 200.
http://i.imgur.com/ZnC2D5C.jpg
The image was taken from the Mars Curiosity rover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty4lZtoWlE4
"I have been studying this area in detail for years now and was looking for a closer photo of this spot as I suspected there might be something interesting to be seen.
"When I looked at this particular NASA image I was astounded at the large head detail on this giant structure.
"The door like archway to the right of the possible sphinx head also caught my eye as I looked further.
http://i.imgur.com/7FSy60J.jpg
NASA has been beaming photos of Mars since the robot landed in 2012
http://i.imgur.com/7Nxb3N8.jpg
The chunk of rock resembles the ancient Egyptian statues
"I darkened the image to see if that would help and the detail just jumped off the screen at me. I was quite astounded."
Mr White runs the YouTube channel ArtAlienTV and trawls through Nasa's images every day to find unusual shapes.
The image was shot from the 6ft-high right hand side mast cam on the Curiosity Rover.