Aliens!: Giant Elephant Head Spotted In Mars Lava Flow

This is a near perfect looking elephant head spotted in a hardened Martian lava flow by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Is it proof aliens once inhabited the planet? One blogger thinks so! "Which one?" Me -- I'm talking about me. "You have zero credentials." Oh yeah, what about THIS? "That's a Blockbuster card." These are gonna be collector's items one day!

Elephant on Mars Sculpted by Lava Flow [livescience]
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Elephant on Mars [neatorama]

Thanks to Stace, who claims you can see cheetahs on the moon if you look at it and shake your head a little.

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