{"id":1445,"date":"2015-08-12T16:17:53","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T16:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/?p=1445"},"modified":"2015-08-12T16:17:53","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T16:17:53","slug":"weird-mars-curiosity-rover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/weird-mars-curiosity-rover\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Bizarre, Unexplained Images Sent Back By The Mars Curiosity Rover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mysteries of the universe. As time goes by, it seems as though we learn more of them every day. But for every answer than science seems to throw our way, they also chuck in a hundred questions.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re learning more about Mars now than ever before, all thanks to the rover NASA have landed on the Red Planet called &#8216;Curiosity&#8217;. Millions of images have been beamed back from Curiosity to Earth, each of which is helping to fill in some informational blanks for scientists and astronomy experts.<\/p>\n<p>But a few photos have come back which are very strange indeed. Let&#8217;s start with a snap that&#8217;s made many people think there&#8217;s\u00a0something fishy going on over on Mars&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;The Crab&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1453\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mars-Pictures-7.jpg\" alt=\"Mars Pictures \" width=\"714\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/florida-man-offers-cops-vodka-spritzer-during-high-speed-chase\/\">weird<\/a> crustacean-type creature was found in one of the pictures and had the internet abuzz with explanations and theories. We don&#8217;t know what it is, but it&#8217;s certainly pretty creepy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;The Woman&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1454\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mars.jpg\" alt=\"Mars\" width=\"1139\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This scary-looking figure was seen in one of the Rover&#8217;s pictures and clearly looks like a woman in a dress.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cigarette butts?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1447\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mars-Pictures-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mars Pictures \" width=\"825\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rover took some snaps of the ground as it drove over the surface of the moon. But what&#8217;s that next to the wheel? Cigarette ends! How did <em>they<\/em> get there?!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;USA&#8217;?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1448\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mars-Pictures-2.jpg\" alt=\"Mars Pictures \" width=\"788\" height=\"704\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Has someone graffiti-tagged the Mars with the initials &#8216;USA&#8217;? It certainly looks as if they might have done.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is that&#8230; Dickbutt?!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1449\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mars-Pictures-3.jpg\" alt=\"Mars Pictures \" width=\"836\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now things are getting a little silly. Here&#8217;s &#8216;Dickbutt&#8217; making an appearance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pluto on Mars???<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1450\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mars-Pictures-4.jpg\" alt=\"Mars Pictures \" width=\"828\" height=\"777\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And even weirder than Dickbutt? Pluto making an appearance. On Mars. We know Pluto isn&#8217;t very big, but this takes the biscuit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nessie??? What the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1451\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mars-Pictures-5.jpg\" alt=\"Mars Pictures \" width=\"796\" height=\"711\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Loch Ness Monster. On Mars. We&#8217;re starting to suspect some of these pictures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Riiiiight. There&#8217;s an Arby&#8217;s on Mars.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1452\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mars-Pictures-6.jpg\" alt=\"Mars Pictures \" width=\"852\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oh dear.<\/p>\n<p>The first two are very interesting and intriguing. The others, though? We&#8217;re not so convinced!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mysteries of the universe. As time goes by, it seems as though we learn more of them every day. But for every answer than science seems to throw our way, they also chuck in a hundred questions. 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