[deanmine]

A NASA camera on Mars has captured what appears to be artificial light emanating outward from the planet's surface.

The photo, beamed millions of miles from Mars to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., was taken last week, apparently by one of two NASA rovers on the red planet.

Although the space agency hasn't issued any official statement yet about the phenomenon, bloggers and NASA enthusiasts have started chiming in.

Scott C. Waring, who maintains the website UFO Sightings Daily, posted the photo April 6.

Waring noted that the light shines upward, as if from the ground, and is very flat across the bottom.

"This could indicate there there is intelligent life below the ground and uses light as we do," Waring wrote on his website. "This is not a glare from the sun, nor is it an artifact of the photo process."

Earlier this month, NASA announced that on April 2, the Curiosity rover drove the last 98 feet needed to arrive at "the Kimberley," a spot where it can study rock clues about ancient environments that might have been favorable for life, according to a news release.

The Kimberley, where four different types of rock intersect, is named for a region of western Australia. The rover's stay there has been planned since early last year, the release said.

"This is the spot on the map we've been headed for, on a little rise that gives us a great view for context imaging of the outcrops at the Kimberley," Melissa Rice of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena said in the release.

Rice is the scientist in charge of planning several weeks of observations, sample-drilling and on-site laboratory analysis of the area's rocks.

Arrival at this location means Curiosity has driven 3.8 miles since August 2012, when it landed inside Mars' Gale Crater.

The Kimberley investigations are to be the most extensive since Curiosity spent the first half of 2013 in an area called Yellowknife Bay, the release said.

At Yellowknife Bay, the one-ton rover examined the first samples ever drilled from rocks on Mars. These samples showed signs of an ancient lakebed environment that provided the chemical ingredients and energy necessary for life, the release said.

At the Kimberley and, later, at outcrops on the slope of Mount Sharp inside Gale Crater, researchers plan to use Curiosity's science instruments to learn more about habitable past conditions and environmental changes.

[DannyDrama]

That is pretty intriguing, it could still be fucking anything though.

[deanmine]

Originally Posted by DannyDrama ↗

still be fucking anything though.

My guess is its some sorta reflection like a mirror at an angle.... but please let me be wrong..... plEASE let me be wrong

[30564U]

As I've said before, it's Elvis, Jimmy Hoffa, Hitler, and Andy Kaufman signaling their displeasure about being filmed.

[DannyDrama]

Originally Posted by 30564U ↗

As I've said before, it's Elvis, Jimmy Hoffa, Hitler, and Andy Kaufman signaling their displeasure about being filmed.

That's hell of a poker game right there.

[Desensitisation]

It'll be a piece of crap that fell off a satellite or shuttle or some other bit of rubbish, most likely, reflecting light and making all the nerds geek out.

Of course, I would like to be wrong. But I'm not.

[jesse]

Nah, you all are wrong. It's Jesus Christ.

[30564U]

Originally Posted by Matti ↗

Nah, you all are wrong. It's Jesus Christ.

Ok...so it's Elvis, Jimmy Hoffa, Hitler, Andy Kaufman, and Jesus signaling their displeasure about being filmed while playing poker together.

[deanmine]

Originally Posted by 30564U ↗

Ok...so it's Elvis, Jimmy Hoffa, Hitler, Andy Kaufman, and Jesus signaling their displeasure about being filmed while playing poker together.

im no expert, but i have a guess that Jesus is bluffing this hand

[GRiZ]

Ive read somewhere that this is a cosmic ray hitting the lens of the camera. There are several cameras taking shots of this location at this exact moment and the light does not appear on either of the images developed.