Mars UFO Mystery Images Explained By NASA

NASA Says It Can Explain This Weird Image Taken On Mars
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NASA has come out and given a statement on the 'white spot' UFO pictures taken by the Curiosity Rover on Mars.

Sadly whilst we'd love it to be the first signs on alien life, NASA has a far more routine answer which is that it's nothing more than a camera malfunction.

Speaking to The Huffington Post in the US, Curiosity's main camera operator Justin Maki explained that, "This is a hot pixel that has been around since we started using the Right Navcam,"

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"In the thousands of images we've received from Curiosity, we see ones with bright spots nearly every week, these can be caused by cosmic-ray hits or sunlight glinting from rock surfaces, as the most likely explanations."

According to Photography Life a 'hot pixel' is a common side-effect of long exposure shots, the sensor overheats and pixels will either momentarily fail or simply stop working.

This brings an end to the mystery surrounding a series of images which Curiosity sent back that contained what looked like bright lights shining in the distance.

If on the rare occasion a 'hot pixel' isn't to blame then NASA suggests that it could be down to a range of different factors from cosmic rays to light simply reflecting off of a light.