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Man Sues Nasa For Not Investigating 'Mushroom' On Mars

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Remember this?

A rock amongst other rocks

The mysterious rock that appeared in front of Nasa's Mars Curiosity rover that had even the space experts baffled.

Two theories were proposed - either Curiosity accidentally flipped it into its path or it just landed there after a meteorite impact nearby.

Or, in the case of the rather 'imaginative' self-proclaimed astrobiologist Dr. Rhawn Joseph, it is without doubt biological and if Nasa don't investigate it he's going to sue them.

Seriously.

He's already lodged a lawsuit with the US District Court Northern District of California which states:

"Petitioner immediately recognised that bowl-shaped structure, hereafter referred to as Sol 3540,resembling a mushroom-like fungus, a composite organism consisting of colonies of lichen and cyanobacteria, and which on Earth is known as Apothecium.

"When examined by Petitioner the same structure in miniature was clearly visible upon magnification and appears to have just germinated from spores."

Obviously there are problems when zooming in on images and making conclusions about what you see as is helpfully explained by Universe Today here.

But good luck with the lawsuit Mr Joseph...

NASA's Mars Rover Anniversary PICS

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This Aug. 9, 2011 image provided by NASA shows a view from the Mars Rover Opportunity from the Western rim of the Endeavour Crater. (credit:AP)

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This undated image provided by NASA shows the Mars rover Opportunity looking back at an outcrop where it spent the Martian winter in 2012. (credit:AP)

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This image provided by NASA shows a rock that the NASA Mars rover Opportunity examined in 2012. (credit:AP)

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This image provided by NASA shows a shadow self-portrait taken by NASAs Opportunity rover on the Martian surface. (credit:AP)

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This image provided by NASA shows a panoramic view from NASA's Mars Exploration rover Opportunity of "Solander Point." (credit:AP)

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This image provided by NASA shows the late-afternoon shadow cast by the Mars rover Opportunity at Endeavour Crater. The six-wheel rover landed on Mars in January 2004 and is still going strong. (AP Photo/NASA) (credit:AP)

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Handout photo issued by NASA Wednesday 21 January 2004 of a image mosaic taken by the panoramic camera onboard the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. (credit:PA)

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Nasa undated computer generated image of what the it's Spirit rover would look like on the surface of Mars. (credit:PA)

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This magnified image taken by the Mars Rover Opportunity shows evidence of past flowing water. (credit:Getty Images)

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This magnified image taken by the Mars Rover Opportunity shows evidence of past flowing water. (credit:Getty Images)

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