Mystery rock suddenly appears near Mars rover, puzzling scientists

Mystery german AC cannot understand 'related threads' before posting, puzzling Glp'ers.

DER BE TROLLS ON DAT DER PLANET!

seriously, how else does a rock just show up

Apothecium Martis

Human error. They mixed up the order of the pictures.

wind

Its a spy rock planted by the Israelis.

Apollo 18 movie was a warning about mars alien rocks!!!!!

:ohlook:

oh yeah, Martians are very "Trollesque"

Maybe an offer from the Martians to the Opportunity god?

'Squatches throw small rocks and sometimes squirrel heads.

A martian took a dump.

well we to have rocks which move on their own i think it is in the dry dessert beds just east of los angeles . so why cant mars have em as well ????

yes but think that this rock made a trip just to come infront of the one and only camera on an otherwise "empty" planet.

the same goes for the wind reason.
it could be a concequence but what are the odds?

^^^^^^ This

Marketing stunt for the next shitty Rolling Stones Album.

space cops.

Mars has hydrocarbons such as methane that percolate to the surface.

Mars has an unusual phenomenon that Earth lacks: when UV (sunlight) strikes the surface, peroxides are formed. We learned this when the peroxides ate the seals out of early rovers and landers.

When hydrocarbons meet peroxides, spontaneous combustion and detonation can occur.

We see evidence of water shooting out of hillsides and slopes in violent eruptions.

My hypothesis is that the combustion is melting permafrost and creating steam that propels the liquid water out of the ground.

A good PhD thesis could be based on an accurate simulation of Mars surface conditions that create peroxides. To my knowledge, no such physical simulation has been demonstrated.

BTW, the above hypothesis accounts for rocks being propelled around the surface by such explosions.

I just zoomed in and cleared it up .. and I can swear to you that is a skull of something I have never seen .. I can see the nasal cavity .. and two horns or teeth coming off one side of it .. ????

Nothing to see here, the rovers wheel probably partially ran over the rock causing it to shoot out a few feet from the rover.

Hermit crabs are attracted to shiny things.

one of the production set crew members accidently dropped his acid foil before filming began

Homer Simpson dropped it there.

martian hillbillies throwin rocks at the rover

The Rover hasn't moved, so it wasn't shot out from displacement.

Regardless, this fluky incident has given us great insight as to what will happen when actual contact is made, and the findings are deeply disturbing.

People will just make light of it and go back to watching their televisions.

Come on. This is a better title:

Thread: Jelly Donut Found on Mars! - with link

ya that is awsome.. I mean seriously how did that rock appeared there