The HiRise camera crew of NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recently posted a new discovery on its Twitter handle and found a mysterious grin on Mars. This has aroused the onlookers of many science fiction fans.
According to HiRise’s Twitter account, HiRise’s provides a series of delightful pictures of the red planet, including a tweet posted this week that shows a well-preserved crater.
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But you need to enlarge this photo to get the full effect. The HiRise team wrote: “Is this a fantasy optical illusion? Or did other people see a grinning face?”
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Is it the pareidolia, or does anyone else see a grinning Ed Asner here?https://t.co/6vjPVzk6Q8
NASA/JPL/UArizona#Mars #science pic.twitter.com/OkmYwBTeT7
— HiRISE: Beautiful Mars (NASA) (@HiRISE) September 30, 2020
On August 12, 2005, NASA successfully launched a Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter) at the Cape Canaveral Space Launch Field, which carried the highest resolution planetary mission ever. The camera, which can provide a very fine geological structure of Mars, can also help identify various obstacles that may cause danger to the lander and rover.