BACKGROUND:
The photographs analyzed here were acquired by the SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover’s robotic arm on Sept. 20, 2025 (Sol 1630) at the local mean solar time of 14:00:09 and the Right Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover’s mast on Aug. 18, 2022 (Sol 531) at the local mean solar time of 10:15:02 respectively.
ANALYSIS:
Recently NASA announced the possibility of ancient microbial life discovered in a Perseverance rover photograph on Mars. On the 20th of September 2025 Perseverance rover photographed possible traces of Desert Varnish. Previously on Sol 531 Perseverance rover photographed another possible trace of Desert Varnish.
As seen in the Wikipedia article referenced, Desert Varnish, almost always shows signs of microbial life.
Could NASA already have evidence of microbial life on Mars, but for some reason, are hesitant in making such an announcement? From all the evidence I’ve seen I speculate they have.
As always, until we get to see these anomalies up close and personal, I can only speculate as to what these objects might be.
THE ANOMALIES ON MARS:
Following are the photographs taken by the rover as well as close-up views of the anomalies:
IMAGE UPSCALE
The image below shows the anomaly upscaled using Gigapixel:
SIMILAR DESERT VARNISH FOUND ON EARTH
Following is an article about desert varnish:
CREDIT: Wikipedia.
MY YOUTUBE VIDEO:
PERSEVERANCE ROVER | Possible Desert Varnish (Sol 1630 and Sol 531):
ORIGINAL NASA SOURCES:
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/SIF_1630_0811670500_601EBY_N0790596SRLC08060_0000LMJ
WIKIPEDIA ARTILCE ABOUT DESERT VARNISH:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_varnish
NASA’S RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT:
Possible discovery of ancient microbial life on Mars:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-StZggK4hhA
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.
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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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