SCI China Rover Discovers "Mystery Hut" On Dark Side Of Moon (Spoiler - it's a rock)
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Remember that ‘cube-shaped’ object China’s lunar lander spotted on the moon? Now we know what it is.
by Linda Hasco
The Oregonian
January 10, 2022
In November 2021 a mysterious object was spotted on the horizon by China’s Yutu 2 rover as it worked its way across Von Kármán crater on the far side of the moon, drawing much speculation. Many described it as looking like a “house” and called it the “mystery hut,” various news outlets reported.
According to a report by MSN, the mystery has finally been solved. The object turns out to be — a rock — an “amusing conclusion” to an enigma that garnered so much flutter in December.
The report said that the cube-shaped “hut” is actually “a small lumpy rock sitting on a crater rim.” However, in the rover’s first image, it did look much bigger and more mysterious. A closer look with more perspective allowed the rover to reveal “the object’s true nature.”
The New York Times reported that what seemed to be a perfect geometric shape was just “a trick of angle, light, and shadow.”
But in an interesting twist, The Times noted that one of the rover’s remote drivers on Earth pointed out that the rock looked a bit like a rabbit and one of the stones in front of it looked somewhat like a carrot — which is fitting since the rover’s name means “Jade Rabbit.”
According to The Times, in the history of space exploration, visual illusions are common, “whether seen by astronomers peering through telescopes on Earth or robotic explorers on other worlds capturing images with cameras.”
Remember that ‘cube-shaped’ object China’s lunar lander spotted on the moon? Now we know what it is
It's not a "mystery hut." But what is it?www.oregonlive.com
This assumes, of course, you trust the Chinese.
Gasp! You don’t? /sarcThis assumes, of course, you trust the Chinese.
Melodi
Disaster Cat
It probably is a rock, oh well that was fun while it lasted. This picture does look a lot more like a rock than the bad and blurred images that NASA released to "officially kill" the "Face on Mars" - it did look like a Cat Box (per Art Bell on Coast to Coast) but it also looked like the worst blurred photo I had seen out of NASA in a long time.
So while the Dark Side of the Moon may be a rock, I am still open on Catbox being Cat Face until proven otherwise . . .more in the woo room (lol).
So while the Dark Side of the Moon may be a rock, I am still open on Catbox being Cat Face until proven otherwise . . .more in the woo room (lol).
Blacknarwhal
Let's Go Brandon!
Well, look at it this way, the only difference between us and them are the slanted eyes and skin tone. I think. Blood is still red and we should embrace them!Nope. I must be an eeeebil raciss.
*falls into coughing fit for being overly sarcastic and drinking tea at the same time*
(Spoiler - it's a rock)
PghPanther
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Its the only Pizza Hut they have among corporate and/or franchise store that you can order these on site.......
exactly!
it’s not even 100 yards away and a picture doesn’t show crap? a 20 yr old 2 mp camera can do better than this.
Where’s the Bimbo?
it’s stuck in First gear.
they called the “extended warranty people” but they won’t pick up
That POS never went anywhere but the movie set.
It's the sharecropper shack for Chinese cotton farmers.
China Tried To Grow Cotton On The Moon, But It Didn't Work : NPR
China Tried To Grow Cotton On The Moon, But It Didn't Work : NPR
Mprepared
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I agree. lol