Space & Astronomy

Martian sand dune looks like Starfleet logo

By T.K. Randall
June 13, 2019 ·  3 comments

The dune looks very similar to the Starfleet logo. Image Credit: NASA The photographs, which were captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, have prompted some rather tongue-in-cheek references to Star Trek's iconic insignia.

"Enterprising viewers will make the discovery that these features look conspicuously like a famous logo," the HiRise team at the University of Arizona wrote in a Tweet.Star Trek references aside, this intriguing formation and others like it have been helping scientists to learn more about the Red Planet's atmosphere, temperature and topography.

This, in turn, will also help NASA to better plan out future manned missions.

Caption Spotlight (12 Jun 2019): Dune Footprints in Hellas

Enterprising viewers will make the discovery that these features look conspicuously like a famous logo.

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NASA/JPL/University of Arizona#Mars #science pic.twitter.com/N5MfKQPiYt

— HiRISE (NASA) (@HiRISE) June 12, 2019

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Tags: Mars, Star Trek