A South African researcher recently discovered a really interesting thing on the surface of Mars while analyzing NASA footage from 2006.
Jean Ward, an anomaly hunter was studying NASA images and footage when he found an image taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
The image is from the bottom of the Candor Chasma, which is known as “The Grand Canyon Of Mars” and is the largest known canyon in the solar system.
This NASA footage has many swirling patterns of laters formed by sand and small particles from the forces of wind and water.
“We see a strange trench and at the end of it, a perfect disk,” Ward says while analyzing the footage. “Mostly covered in sand and debris, and behind it, we have random dunes,” he adds. “It looks like a disk-shaped craft or object came in at a very low angle and crashed into the surface of Mars leaving this strange behind it,” he concludes.
The disk appears to be roughly 12-15 meters in diameter and “It looks like a disk that’s partially elevated on one side as it plowed into the surface.” According to Ward.
He acknowledges that the pattern might be formed because of a uniquely shaped dune but also, it looks “totally out of place” when compared to other structures in the landscape.
What do you think of Jean Ward’s analysis? What do you think this pattern is? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
