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An anomaly hunter scouring NASA images of Mars for eye-catching oddities spotted a peculiar formation that bears a striking resemblance to a mushroom. The remarkable discovery was made by indefatigable UFO researcher Scott Waring, who recently noticed the suspected fungi in a September 2013 Mars Curiosity rover photo posted on the space agency's website. Based on NASA's explanation for the size of the area seen in the image, the anomaly hunter estimated that the Martian mushroom would measure approximately a half-inch tall with a similarly sized cap.
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