optical illusions

  • This Eerily Festive Scene on Mars Is Genuinely Unnerving

    This Eerily Festive Scene on Mars Is Genuinely Unnerving

    A European satellite has spotted an unbelievably realistic angelic figure — complete with wings, halo, and heart — in the southern polar region of Mars. It looks as if some Martian artist painted the scene to wish us peace and joy for the holiday season, but there’s a perfectly good scientific explanation for the surreal…