(Fox News) – The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has taken a picture of a dune on Mars that looks strikingly like the Starfleet logo. The image was captured by the MRO’s HiRISE (High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera. The University of Arizona, which manages the camera, noted the similarities to the iconic logo. “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,” the university wrote in a statement.
William Shatner, the actor who played Captain James Kirk on “Star Trek,” also had a bit of fun with it, calling out Star Wars as Star Trek “made” an appearance on the Red Planet first. The dune was created by lava flows and wind long ago on Mars after the lava solidified and the wind-shaped it. “Eventually, the sand piles that were the dunes migrated away, leaving these ‘footprints’ in the lava plain,” the university added in the statement. “These are also called ‘dune casts’ and record the presence of dunes that were surrounded by lava.” READ MORE
