ROVER CURIOSITY | A Closer Look at Joe White’s 2023 Airborne Object Discovery

BACKGROUND:
The photograph analyzed here was taken by the Right Navigation Camera onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 2948 (2020-11-21 07:58:19 UTC).

ANALYSIS:
Featured here is a strange airborne object photographed by the Rover Curiosity. It appears in a sequence of photographs taken by the Right Navigation Camera about twelve to thirteen seconds apart. It is only visible in one of these photographs (the second one in this sequence). The object has a symmetrical appearance with a semi-transparent part protruding off the bottom. There is also a curious streak and object above it.

Could this be an insect-like thing that flew past the rover or a larger craft-like object in the far distance?

As always, until we get to see these anomalies up close and personal, I can only speculate as to what these objects might be.

All credit goes to Joe White from ArtAlienTV for this discovery.

ORIGINAL DISCOVERY By Joe White (ArtAlienTV):
https://www.youtube.com/@ArtAlienTV

THE ANOMALIES ON MARS:
Following is the photograph taken by the rover as well as close-up view of the anomaly:

Original NASA source page (click for larger image)
Original NASA source page (click for larger image)
Original NASA photograph (click for larger image)
Original NASA photograph (click for larger image)
Original NASA photograph with some of the compression removed (click for larger image)
Original NASA photograph with some of the compression removed (click for larger image) (click for larger image)

IMAGE UPSCALES
The images below shows the anomaly upscaled using Gigapixel:

Zoomed-in (click for larger image)
Zoomed-in (click for larger image)

The image below shows a comparison between conventional magnification and Gigapixel image upscaling. The conventional magnification was produced by a Magnifier Extension added to Chrome. The comparison between the two types of image upscales shows that the shape, outlines, highlights, shadows and geometry are the same in both, except conventional magnification produces blurred images whereas Gigapixel preserves edges producing clearer images. The smaller inset image is the anomaly at actual size 1:1 scale.

Comparison between conventional magnification and Gigapixel (click for larger image)
Comparison between conventional magnification and Gigapixel (click for larger image)

GIGAPAN:
https://megalithicmars.com/images/2025/sol_02948_opgs_edr_ncam_NRB_659214897EDR_S0832382NCAM00599M_-4x.png

MY YOUTUBE VIDEO:
ROVER CURIOSITY | A Closer Look at Joe White’s 2023 Airborne Object Discovery:

ORIGINAL NASA SOURCE:
https://mars.nasa.gov/raw_images/872108/?site=msl

IMAGE UPSCALING:
To see more examples of how well this image upscaler works and to read about the technology used please refer to the following web page:
https://www.topazlabs.com/gigapixel

Topaz Labs’ Gigapixel is not the run-of-the-mill free AI image upscaler. It is an expensive piece of sophisticated software used in studios and by professional photographers around the world, even NASA uses Topaz Labs upscaling technology.

RESEARCHER, PRODUCER AND DESIGNER: Jean Ward
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DISCLAIMER:
Many or all of the anomalies/artefacts covered in this presentation may be naturally occurring geological features caused by some type of geological processes, however due to the lack of specific information from the source we can only speculate whether these are all natural or some artificial in nature.

In cases where I say an anomaly looks like something I’m attempting to clarify what I see and not specifically that the anomaly is what I say it looks like.

My intention is only to share anomalies I’ve discovered on Mars and not to convince anyone that there is or was a civilization on Mars.

As Will Farrar from WhatsUpInTheSky says: “I see what I see, you see what you see.”

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