Recent photos taken of the surface of Mars reveal a geological marking that looks awfully familiar. The Chevron-style shape bears a striking resemblance to the iconic Starfleet logo from Star Trek, well known to nerds everywhere. The image comes courtesy of the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s HiRISE camera, which was shared by the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory.
The shapes, which occur in the southeast Hellas Planitia on Mars, are the “footprint” of large crescent-shaped dunes that have since blown over. These “footprints” mark the areas where dunes were surrounded during a lava eruption, which then solidified around the dunes. These shapes are also know as dune casts, but the familiar shape of these casts has nerd Twitter in an uproar.
Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner, tweeted about the findings while poking fun at Star Wars:
Hey @starwars! Will you hurry up your Rebel Scums? 🙄 We beat you! 😉😝👇🏻 https://t.co/b53KxKlAlj
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) June 13, 2019
Our beloved Space Dad Mark Hamill responded in kind, and the duo struck up some friendly banter:
Looks like a boomerang to me. #Meh 🙄 https://t.co/mpYAbBrDgw
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) June 15, 2019
Actually- it looks more like a crescent roll, which are yummy with jelly! 😋#LiveLongAndUnfollowMe https://t.co/TR4LTNVXMV
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) June 15, 2019
Now this is a Twitter feud I can fully get behind! Great work, guys.
(via CNN, image: CBS News)
- Director Simon Kinberg tries to untangle the complex timeline of X-Men. Do Avengers: Endgame next! (via /Film)
- Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz are teaming up for a “New Mutants: War Children” one-shot. (via CBR)
- The Try Guys’ Eugene Lee Yang comes out in a deeply personal music video which is raising money for the Trevor Project:
- Here are some E3 deets on the upcoming LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga game. (via Kotaku)
- Daredevil‘s epic 11-minute single shot prison fight sequence is ineligible for an Emmy for stunt work. Boo. (via Blastr)
- Sadly, The Tick has not been able to find a new home after getting cancelled by Amazon Prime. Creator Ben Edlund shared the news on Twitter:
After much door-knocking we have found no new home for the Tick series in this current market. #SaveTheTick & #LunaTickArmy I'm sorry we could not reward your glorious support with better news. I am so proud of the show, of the cast and crew and writers, and so warmed by the fans
— ben_edlund (@ben_edlund) June 14, 2019
Please continue to choose love and hope for good things. And I think we might as well accept it as a law of the universe: when the time is right #TheTick always comes back…
— ben_edlund (@ben_edlund) June 14, 2019
What are you up to today, Mary Suevians?
Want more stories like this? Become a subscriber and support the site!
—The Mary Sue has a strict comment policy that forbids, but is not limited to, personal insults toward anyone, hate speech, and trolling.—
