Square on Mars: Pareidolia and Natural Geology Behind the Feature

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Although people speculate about aliens, the feature is almost certainly a product of pareidolia—our brain seeing familiar shapes in random patterns—combined with natural geology where shadows and intersecting fractures can make ordinary terrain look square or man-made.

A Perfect Square on Mars? The Viral Photo That Reignited Alien Theories—and the Geology Behind It - Futura-Sciences
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A Perfect Square on Mars? The Viral Photo That Reignited Alien Theories—and the Geology Behind It - Futura-Sciences

It seems the theory of ‘little green men’ still has a long life ahead of it. Every time a somewhat ‘unusual’ structure appears in a photograph of the Martian landscape – in other words, something our human eyes interpret as non natural – speculation quickly follows. This fascination actually dates...