No doubt the gun lobby influence
Astronomer Joe White could hardly believe his eyes while studying footage beamed back from the planet by NASA’s Curiosity rover.
The 45-year-old, from Bristol, spotted what seems to be an old-fashioned pistol lying on the face of the Red Planet.
The handle and barrel of the gun-shaped rock are clearly defined, sitting amongst much smaller pieces of rubble on the surface of Mars.
Mr White, a space video journalist who runs the YouTube channel ArtAlienTV, said: “Is this a handgun on Mars?
Based on the photos, it looks as much like a gun as it does a rock.
January 21st, 2015 at 1:44 pm
It must have broken off that statue of Elvis.
January 21st, 2015 at 2:27 pm
It is not unknown for antique pistols to be of interest to spacefaring beings.
I remember that even the famously anti-gun Danny Glover was given one as a gift by a space-traveling hunter at the end of Predator 2.
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Predator_2#Miquelet_Lock_Pistol
January 21st, 2015 at 5:47 pm
I knew it!
The John Carter books weren’t fiction!
January 21st, 2015 at 6:29 pm
Fast and Furious has gone inter-planetary …
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:17 am
I like the cat statue better.