“It seems we now know where elephants came from and where they go when they pack their trunks – Mars. A rock formation on the red planet has astronomers laughing as it really does look like an elephant head. The picture is a form of what is called pareidolia, where we see things that aren’t really there – it’s more often the face of Jesus on a slice of toast rather than pachyderms on planets. This Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter image shows a lava flow in Elysium Planitia, the second largest volcanic region on Mars. An elephant can walk away from Earth’s slowly advancing lava flows but those with a vivid imagination might think Nelly got trapped on her travels by the much more rapid lava on Mars.” w/ photo
