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This NASA snapshot makes Mars look like Jupiter – CNET

Mars or Jupiter? Spoiler: It's Mars.

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No one is accusing Mars..

Mars or Jupiter? Spoiler: It's Mars.

NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

No one is accusing Mars and Jupiter of looking like long-lost planetary twins, but a NASA view of the Red Planet might have you seeing double.

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRise camera team at the University of Arizona highlighted a look at Mars' north pole on Friday, titling it "Still Life with an Impact Crater."

HiPOD 31 May 2019: Still Life with an Impact Crater

Ice fill within a crater in the north polar layered deposits may be a site where accumulation could be observed, helping to settle a long-term problem in Mars polar science.

NASA/JPL/UAhttps://t.co/SNerXGr43y pic.twitter.com/721PHDOvcB

— HiRISE (NASA) (@HiRISE) May 31, 2019

The spacecraft captured the close-up view last year. It shows layered deposits with a distinctive round crater breaking up the stripey landscape. Check out this Hubble image of Jupiter to see why I'm having visions of the gas giant when I look at the Mars image.

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While scientists are pondering deep questions about the Mars deposits (are they gaining or losing mass?), the rest of us can just enjoy the stunning image and how much it resembles the banded structure of Jupiter's atmosphere. The crater even looks like a swirling round storm, another common sight on Jupiter.

Rocky Mars is a fraction of the size of the massive gas giant, but both planets have a knack for triggering pareidolia, the human tendency to see familiar objects in random shapes.

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