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<\/a>There is an interesting panorama photo taken by the Spirit lander on Mars<\/a> that features what looks like a human or humanoid figure<\/a>. What has not been noted is the scale<\/a> of the object, which does not appear to be that far from the lander, and thus is presumably not that big. Be that as it may, this could be the first evidence that someone, at some point in time, played with action figures on Mars. My guess is that it will turn out that this is another optical illusion, and perhaps what appears to be the hand and head may not be part of the same rock\/structure at all. <\/p>\n\n
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There has nonetheless been exciting news<\/a> about plausible habitats for life<\/a> on Mars. That life<\/a>, however, is likely to be smaller even than action figures.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-4438831308642283712?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\")
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