Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter probe from NASA discovered a symbol familiar Nerds everywhere.
During an expedition through the surface of the planet, a recorded image was observed that resembles that of the Starfleet, from the “Star Trek” films.
In an announcement, Nasa explained that the shape is the result of “a complex history of dunes, lava and wind”, or was it?
“These curious chevron shapes in southeast Hellas Planitia are the result of a complex story of dunes, lava, and wind.
Long ago, there were large crescent-shaped (barchan) dunes that moved across this area, and at some point, there was an eruption. The lava flowed out over the plain and around the dunes, but not over them. The lava solidified, but these dunes still stuck up like islands. However, they were still just dunes, and the wind continued to blow. Eventually, the sand piles that were the dunes migrated away, leaving these “footprints” in the lava plain. These are also called “dune casts” and record the presence of dunes that were surrounded by lava.
Enterprising viewers will make the discovery that these features look conspicuously like a famous logo: and you’d be right, but it’s only a coincidence.”
🖖 Dunes, lava and wind are responsible for this curious shape on Hellas Planitia, Mars. Boldly go: https://t.co/JSLObpMq2E
— NASA JPL (@NASAJPL) June 14, 2019
📸: @HiRISE pic.twitter.com/yktAFM8MOy
Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise in Star Trek, was not going to let this go without commenting, and conceding how much faster it was to find something related to Star Trek vs Star Wars.
Hey @starwars! Will you hurry up your Rebel Scums? 🙄 We beat you! 😉😝👇🏻 https://t.co/b53KxKlAlj
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) June 13, 2019
