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Icerios t1_j076ntl wrote
It’s a rock that looks like a rock
NortWind t1_j07g4ex wrote
It's a void that looks like a bird. The "underside" of the bird is just the edge of a cliff.
[deleted] OP t1_j0763ps wrote
It's a bird that looks like a rock
NinjaSuperman t1_j07cbyw wrote
It’s a bird that looks like a bird
BeginnerMush t1_j07hjff wrote
Buh buh buh buh buh bird, bird.
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pete_68 t1_j07j6lx wrote
It's multiple rocks. The beak is a rock in the background. Took me like 1/2 a second to see.
Xkloid t1_j06n1j4 wrote
It actually was from earth, flew there, and turned into a rock. It happens to all life forms that go there, and it is one of the challenges that space agencies face for manned missions to mars.
TrueValor13 t1_j06xmxg wrote
Damn petrified rock birds strike again!
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kindagaythrowaway12 t1_j0717wh wrote
This would make so much sense… if only birds were real!! Nice try CIA
SpartanMonkey t1_j07brlw wrote
Why couldn't they turn into smooth jazz instead?
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hahnsoloii t1_j0a9swq wrote
You dumbass! It turned into a rock while flying there. It’s misinformation like this that fuels the opposing political party.
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OriginalTurboHobbit t1_j06lqdo wrote
Guess you could try reading the article. First couple of lines should clear things up for ya, Champ.
LookMaNoPride t1_j07fmg5 wrote
For everyone else
> If this rock were a real bird, it would need to learn new ways to fly. It might be easy to lift off in the weaker gravity of Mars, but staying in flight would be hard. That’s because Mars has a thin atmosphere and low air pressure.
kmkmrod t1_j06ltas wrote
It’s a rock.
Why is a rock on Mars newsworthy?
vodoko1 t1_j06qx8d wrote
Because it makes a shape kind of resembling the shape of a bird.
kmkmrod t1_j06rf0b wrote
A rock in the shape of (anything) isn’t newsworthy. It’s a rock.
TegTowelie t1_j06rqoz wrote
It's not just a boulder... it's a rock
kmkmrod t1_j06s9e1 wrote
I smell what you’re cooking 🤨
TegTowelie t1_j06sr1z wrote
It's definitely not a Krusty Krab pizza.
Tressticle t1_j07mjp4 wrote
What about a rock in the shape of a tool? Or a sculpture. When they find a sculpture of a Da Vinci painting on Mars, it damn well better be newsworthy.
OffusMax t1_j06xulr wrote
Looks like it could be more than 1 rock and if you move a few feet in any direction it probably wouldn’t look like a bird anymore.
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Adeldor t1_j06vgix wrote
> "If this rock were a real bird ..." [from the linked article]
Perhaps the poster is young, in which case I give leeway. But if an adult, this question is a terrible indictment on his/her education system. While one cannot know everything, there's an obvious lack of critical thinking, and a quick read of the four sentence article would have answered the question.
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marche_au_supplice t1_j07cnnd wrote
What is the utility of this post? Is it to make the OP feel stupid? Is it to demonstrate that you’re such a deep thinker that you not only knew it was a rock, but you recognized the underlying failing that would lead someone to an erroneous conclusion?
I can’t think of any reason other than to build yourself up or put someone else down. If you’re an adult, then this is an indictment on your education system, which apparently never taught you that if you don’t have something nice to say, you shouldn’t say anything at all.
Adeldor t1_j07evvk wrote
The whole article attached to the image is but four sentences long, in which the answer is clear. Yet s/he asks if a rock on Mars is a terrestrial bird! Assuming it isn't a child (for which I made explicit exception), this person is so far afield one might wonder if s/he isn't trolling.
So, the utility of the comment is to hope s/he and others who read it won't do the same thing (again) - post before reading or giving reasonable thought. Admonishment can be useful. Indeed, you're employing such yourself!
FUCKYFUCKFUCKYFUCK t1_j07aggj wrote
Well shit, I guess we’ll have a bunch of cool pictures of rocks to look at while the earth is burning
calibared t1_j06tcwq wrote
I had to squint really hard to see this mythical bird
Phillybreadman_54 t1_j076zz6 wrote
Looks like a rock with sand all over it. More if a natural formation
Commercial-Turnip-49 t1_j07f4qy wrote
It's obviously a sculpture of a bird made my the Martian artist-in-residence, Ecoootipil! Clearly y'all don't know your Martian sculptors.
pete_68 t1_j07jl67 wrote
You sometimes have to wonder about the people that come up with this shit. Do they look up at the sky, see a cloud and think: Hmm, that cloud looks like a bird. Must be aliens. Or is it just when ordinary stuff on Mars looks like something they recognize that it must be aliens?
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I-melted t1_j07ilx1 wrote
I only see rocks. What am I meant to be looking at? Which part of the picture?
youtookmyusername3 t1_j07kiws wrote
If you have ever traveled in the desert you can see strange erosion patterns like this. They look very much like things we recognize. But it's just what happens when there are dust storms and sand and dirt and rocks.
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TheOutlawStarLord t1_j07pv06 wrote
I've got a small plot of land for sale. It is a little swampy and people do tend to go missing on it, but otherwise it is a great bargain.
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440continuer t1_j08f9vq wrote
There’s millions of rocks on Mars, at least one of them is gonna look somewhat like a bird
Dearfield t1_j06s43v wrote
What’s the white speck in the lower left corner?
Masverde66 t1_j074p0i wrote
Bird poop, of course. Those rockingbeards are disgusting.
Accurate_Quote_7109 t1_j06x01m wrote
Possibly salt crystals?
CremePuffBandit t1_j06lmgx wrote
It's just a rock that kinda looks like a bird