The photograph analyzed here was taken by the Mast Camera (Mastcam) onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 173 (2013-01-30 23:39:36 UTC).
Featured here is an anomaly that has a shiny, metallic-like appearance. I estimate the object to be about 15 cm in size (it’s difficult to judge the accurate size of the object as there is no scale indicator). There is nothing else like it in this photograph as can be seen in the Gigapan linked below.
As always, until we get to see these anomalies up close and personal, I can only speculate as to what this anomaly might be.
Hi-Resolution image:
The following image is upscaled four times:
Gigapan (x4 zoom):
https://mars.raptorzone.co.za/images/2025/0173MR0009260200201828E01_DXXX-topaz-recover-4x.png
My YouTube video featuring: ‘ROVER CURIOSITY | Protruding Metallic-Like Item Photographed on Sol 173:’
Original NASA Source:
https://mars.nasa.gov/raw_images/55711/?site=msl
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DISCLAIMER: Many or all of the anomalies/artefacts covered in this presentation may be naturally occurring geological features caused by some type of geological processes, however due to the lack of specific information from the source we can only speculate whether these are all natural or some artificial in nature.
In cases where I say an anomaly looks like something I’m attempting to clarify what I see and not specifically that the anomaly is what I say it looks like.
My intention is only to share anomalies I’ve discovered on Mars and not to convince anyone that there is or was a civilization on Mars.
As Will Farrar from WhatsUpInTheSky says: “I see what I see, you see what you see.”
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