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Star Trek sand dunes... on Mars!

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It may at first seem a highly illogical picture - but fear not, you can Klingon to the knowledge it really did come from the surface of Mars.

Nasa today revealed this amazing v-shaped dune field on Mars - which looks uncannily like the Starfleet logo from the hit TV show Star Trek.

It was spotted by Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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It's about time Trek got recognised by the solar system - Wars has had Mimas for decades.
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I see shark teeth.
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Captain Seafort wrote:It's about time Trek got recognised by the solar system - Wars has had Mimas for decades.
What about Mimas?
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RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:What about Mimas?
The appearance of Mimas in the Sol system is reminiscent of the Imperial Death Star.
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An image of Mimas:

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Ah, sorta Death Star-ish. Except the superlaser wasn't at the equator. :P
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RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Ah, sorta Death Star-ish. Except the superlaser wasn't at the equator. :P
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RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Ah, sorta Death Star-ish. Except the superlaser wasn't at the equator. :P
It was meant to be, originally... that's why it's on the equator in the plans they show at the briefing.

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And of the 'improvements' made to the OT... that was not one of them. :bangwall:
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