Life on Mars? Amazing photos from Nasa probe reveal mystery figure on Red Planet

By BETH HALE

Last updated at 00:18 24 January 2008


Perched 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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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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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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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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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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