NASA’s Curiosity rover may have recently discovered the strangest rock formation yet. April 1, which is the Martian day of Sol 3786, the rover took amazing photos of the rock, which the observers immediately associated with the skeleton of a dragon.
Curiosity successfully landed in Gale Crater on Mars on August 6, 2012. Since being on the surface of the Red Planet, he has made many discoveries, such as finding remnants of water on Mars, or discovering organic compounds that are necessary for the emergence of life. He has also taken over a million photos.
The result of erosion, but how spectacular
Although its increasingly deteriorating condition and the sending of the much more advanced Perseverance rover to the planet have put Curiosity’s time of greatness behind it, it still brings unexpected discoveries. Robot staying on the planet from 11 years has just captured the imagination of people, showing an amazing rock formation.
Photo from Mars On April 11, Nathalie Cabrol, an outstanding astrobiologist specializing in planetary sciences, published on her profile. She declared that she was watching such a strange formation for the first time. He also explains that the rock gained its unique appearance, most likely as a result of many years of erosion caused by the wind.
Internet users: this is a Martian dragon
The scientific explanation is one thing. The second is the guesses of Twitter users. Of course, they should be treated with distance, but as a curiosity it is worth mentioning. Namely, it was pointed out, for example, that these could be fossils of fish bones or a fir branch. But this is just the beginning.
Definitely more spectacular are theories that the rock is skeleton of a prehistoric creature and bones of a petrified Martian dragon, curled up in a ball at its final resting place.
As an aside, this isn’t the first time Curiosity has taken an interesting photo. In February 2022, he unveiled a Martian flower-like formation. In 2016, he discovered Egg Rock, an iron-nickel meteorite the size of a golf ball.
