NASA Solves The Mars Mystery

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]Let's check in with NASA geologist Bob Anderson.

[00:00:07]>> First, is this all a hoax?

[00:00:09]>> You can tell that this is a real Martian image because the sky is not blue, it's yellow, which is exactly what you would see on the surface of Mars.

[00:00:18]>> Dust particles in the Martian atmosphere are high in iron oxide, which absorbs [music] blue light and creates a yellow sky.

[00:00:25]So, what about an aircraft? Well, believe it or not, a helicopter named Ingenuity hitched a ride with Perseverance. [music] It has successfully flown on Mars at least 11 times. So, could Ingenuity be what's in the picture?

[00:00:38]>> You see the shape of it is a very distinct box with [music] four legs from it with the propellers that are turning, and you don't see any of those features in this object here.

[00:00:47]>> Okay, so it's not Ingenuity, but [music] Anderson does see a familiar shape in the picture.

[00:00:52]>> We take a look at this object in real close. It's in a more of an elliptical shape, and so it's very indicative of dust particles that we've been studying on Mars with the microscope.