By MARTIAN PHILLIPS
Our man from Mars
ARM outstretched, head tilted in mid-stride — is this mystery figure the final proof that life exists on Mars?
The intriguing image was captured by Nasa’s six-wheeled robot explorer Spirit during its three-month mission to study the surface of the Red Planet.
Snapped at the rock-strewn Gusev Crater, believed by scientists to be the bed of an ancient lake, the grainy picture appears to show a Bigfoot-style alien creature strolling casually down a hill.
Spirit ... found proof of life?
Its bulbous “head” is cocked to one side, as if in concentration, while its right “arm” appears to be reaching out for balance.
Scientists believe that if Mars DID once have surface water, it had the potential to support life.
And some say this could be the crucial evidence of inhabitants that they were seeking when they launched their £400million mission in 2003.
The “creature” was spotted when space enthusiasts analysed photos beamed 100million miles to Earth by Spirit and its twin explorer Opportunity.
Of course, hard-nosed realists may claim the “Martian” is simply a trick of the light and shadow on a dust-covered outcrop.
But whatever it shows, the mind-boggling image will set people guessing from Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads.
It’s a genuine space oddity.
m.phillips@the-sun.co.uk
Who is the face in space?
SO who, or what, is the star of Nasa’s freakiest picture show? Check out some possibilities in the slideshow, below.
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1. It’s a Tusken Raider on a break from Star Wars
2. It’s Mars’ version of Copenhagen’s Little Mermaid
3. It’s England ace Wayne Rooney — once famously pictured lumbering out of the sea
4. It’s boozy DCI Gene Hunt from telly’s Life on Mars — and he’s searching for a Mars bar
5. It’s a rock, stoopid!
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