They are Martian screws. There is not the slightest doubt nor the slightest certainty. As if a conical cylinder had survived above the rest of the materials of the past Martian society… that of things that must be read…
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One and a half billion years ago, while orbiting the solar system, we got very drunk and threw out a lot of unnecessary metal from our lathe shop. Delete this photo immediately, or we’ll lose our bonus.
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My God, the Martians have incense technology lightyears beyond ours!
> This image was taken by Mast Camera (Mastcam) onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3556 (2022-08-07 20:58:23 UTC).
> Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Also:
> Based on the image context and proximity to the rover, **the object is about 6-8mm in diameter**. It is roughly the size of a M8x20 bolt.
> That’s a 100mm focal length lens with a 5 degree FOV at about 2-3m away. The object is 40pixels with at the circular end in a 1328 pixel wide image. When you do the math:
> 40 pixels / 1328 pixels * 5 degrees = 0.15 deg.
> At 3m away (based on the context of the image) it is sin(0.15 degrees) * 3 meters = 7.85mm. Even at 5m away it would be about 13mm in diameter. It is a very small object.
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SS: Source – [Sol 3556: Mast Camera (Mastcam) – NASA Mars Exploration](https://mars.nasa.gov/raw_images/1102094/)
It’s a megaphone. We’re dealing with Space Cheerleaders here.
the cylinder continues to get stuck in odd places…
https://preview.redd.it/63id58id5pxf1.jpeg?width=467&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e20f89090865e77b91515d6c6642fe62f2748f3a
On his way home from the Martian Gnome Bar, Big Alfred lost his.
Looks like a cone to me, but what would I know.
Imagine after 5000 years, humans find a rover out of nowhere in some remote martian land
https://preview.redd.it/hziihumy7pxf1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=adb558ac0912fe9c2a510945b44f9f9c78f48e2a
It’s Martian, just say it’s Martian and move on.
They are Martian screws. There is not the slightest doubt nor the slightest certainty. As if a conical cylinder had survived above the rest of the materials of the past Martian society… that of things that must be read…
One and a half billion years ago, while orbiting the solar system, we got very drunk and threw out a lot of unnecessary metal from our lathe shop. Delete this photo immediately, or we’ll lose our bonus.
My God, the Martians have incense technology lightyears beyond ours!
https://preview.redd.it/dbxvtay7bpxf1.jpeg?width=685&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab85d350935375159512a6a3734e2b386f8a4089
Someone forgot their yoga mat
This looks like one of those blender projects where someone inserts a random shape in a fully produced scene to make it “interesting”
[It’s just a leftover from Wallace tasting if mars is also made of cheese like the moon](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSu-TTrnRzm4HBZJlTnPucp1-IWNWPPzrfixSHZsdwlzw&s=10)
[Here](https://i.imgur.com/D5sqG66.jpeg) is a higher-quality and less-cropped version of this image. [Here](https://mars.nasa.gov/raw_images/1102094/) is the source. Per there:
> This image was taken by Mast Camera (Mastcam) onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3556 (2022-08-07 20:58:23 UTC).
> Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Also:
> Based on the image context and proximity to the rover, **the object is about 6-8mm in diameter**. It is roughly the size of a M8x20 bolt.
> That’s a 100mm focal length lens with a 5 degree FOV at about 2-3m away. The object is 40pixels with at the circular end in a 1328 pixel wide image. When you do the math:
> 40 pixels / 1328 pixels * 5 degrees = 0.15 deg.
> At 3m away (based on the context of the image) it is sin(0.15 degrees) * 3 meters = 7.85mm. Even at 5m away it would be about 13mm in diameter. It is a very small object.
Per /u/tweakingforjesus
**Edit:** [This](https://i.imgur.com/T9hAurI.jpeg) is the only other image of this that I could find. [Here](https://mars.nasa.gov/raw_images/1108576/?site=msl) is the source.
Remember the ‘face on mars’ that almost created a whole religion until they got another view that showed it was just a trick of light?
Any actual ideas as to what it is or just the usual Reddit comedians today?
Couldn’t it be debris from any previous human satellite/lander?
Clearly Martians.
It looks like a vault key to me. Let’s open it!
Probably a piece of the rogue Tesla.
It’s a Tim Hortons cup, from the failed Canadian space program.
That’s right, it goes in the square hole.