Things can get lonely on Mars.
But perhaps the Martian rover has found a way to connect with us from 140 million miles away.
Because lets face it, we all love a good old fashioned penis joke.
A map of an ancient river channel on Mars that shows Perseverance’s path between January 21 and June 11.Graphic: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
The result is a giant penis drawn across the Martian sands.
Is it a lucky coincidence or a stroke of genius for rapport building?
Perseverance had trouble reaching Bright Angel due to the rough terrain.
NASA’s Perseverance rover was traveling in the ancient Neretva Vallis river channel when it captured this view of Bright Angel — the light-toned area in the distance at right — with one of its navigation cameras on June 6.Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech
What had been drives averaging over a hundred meters per Martian day went down to only tens of meters.
The missions navigation team, however, found a shortcut through the ancient river channel.
Perseverance also needed an entrance ramp we could safely travel down.
A mosaic image captured by Perseverance on May 27 that shows a boulder field on Mount Washburn.Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS
When the imagery showed both, we made a beeline for it.
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