Date of discovery: March 15, 2015

Location of discovery: Mars

NASA Photo: http://ida.wr.usgs.gov/html/r04013/r0401387.html

Mission: Mars Global Surveyor MOC Image 01387

What we are looking at here is quite complex. Its the head and shoulders of Mercury made from linked structures. The structures have a gold color to them. This reminded me a lot of the old Mercury dimes I collected when I was a kid. The winged head is what really gave this Mars formation away. As I looked more carefully, enlarging the photo, I found that it was made of structures, combined together to form the Mercury face. In the original photo, the bust is upside-down and at the bottom of the photo. SCW

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