The photograph analyzed here was taken by the Panoramic Camera onboard NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on 2004-02-02.
Featured here is a totally out-of-place artifact measuring between 4 to 5 cm in length. Could this be litter from the mission or something else? NASA’s explanation isn’t conclusive. Apparently it also moved …
To quote from the article I reference (NASA’s explanation: link to the article under reference links below):
i) Rob Manning, lead engineer for entry, descent and landing. “We cannot say exactly where it came from but we can say that there are several possibilities: cotton insulation, Vectran covers and wraps from the airbag, Zylon bridle tensioning ties, or felt insulation from the gas generators … The list goes on.” So the jury is still out as to what this anomaly is.
ii) “After looking at pictures of Opportunity’s lander up-close, I think we might have, again, spotted the bunny,” said Johnson. “It looks as if the object has been blown under the north-facing egress ramp.” They can’t say for certain though, note the words: “I think we might have …” and “It looks as if …”
All credit for this one goes to the researcher that originally discovered this item.
As always, until we get to see these anomalies up close and personal, I can only speculate as to what this anomaly might be.
Colour corrected panoramic camera photograph:
Hi-Definition images:
Following are upscaled, hi-definition images of the anomaly:
Colour corrected and cropped Gigapan (x6 zoom):
The Gigapan below is a cropped area of the original panoramic photograph showing the anomaly and some rocks for reference:
https://mars.raptorzone.co.za/images/2025/PIA05199-Crop-1920×1080-topaz-standard-v2-6x.png
My YouTube video featuring: ‘OPPORTUNITY ROVER | Revisiting an old Artifact in Hi-Definition:’
Original NASA Source:
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05199
NASA’s explanation regarding this anomaly:
https://spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/040307bunny.html
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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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