<p>There are no circles, it is an image artifact. <a href="http://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/4-mars/2014/20140131_0528ML_panorama_valley-beyond-dingo-gap.jpg">Here is another picture from Dingo Gap</a> that shows nothing at the exact same position. </p>

<p>Your mind is a well-trained pattern-matching machine that makes up patterns even when they are not actually there.<br />
In other words <em>don't jump to conclusions</em>. You are claiming that there are actual structures, which is one step too 'far'. </p>

<p>(Credit: Emily Lakdawallah <a href="http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2014/01311220-beautiful-view-into-dingo-gap-curiosity-528.html">blog post</a>)</p>

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Jan Doggen
<p>What are all these gaps / circular structures found on a photo taken by Mars rover Curiosity at Dingo Gap? Have a look at <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/cLWZ5.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the image</a> I made to see what gaps I mean.</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/cLWZ5.png" alt="dingo gap with explanation">
(I know the quick paint job looks terrible)</p>

<p>As you can see on the image I marked the area green where I found all these strange gaps. On the left I placed a zoomed view of the gaps, where I highlighted one.</p>

<p>You can find the <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/pia17766-figa_mastcam-sol526-wb-scalebars_0.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">original picture on nasa.gov</a>. Here is the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/jpl/msl/pia17766/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">accompanying article</a></p>

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Strange circular structures found on a photo from Mars rover Curiosity at Dingo Gap
luukvhoudt
# Strange circular structures found on a photo from Mars rover Curiosity at Dingo Gap

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-04-29)

What are all these gaps / circular structures found on a photo taken by Mars rover Curiosity at Dingo Gap? Have a look at [the image](https://i.sstatic.net/cLWZ5.png) I made to see what gaps I mean.

![dingo gap with explanation](https://i.sstatic.net/cLWZ5.png)
(I know the quick paint job looks terrible)

As you can see on the image I marked the area green where I found all these strange gaps. On the left I placed a zoomed view of the gaps, where I highlighted one.

You can find the [original picture on nasa.gov](http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/pia17766-figa_mastcam-sol526-wb-scalebars_0.jpg). Here is the [accompanying article](https://www.nasa.gov/jpl/msl/pia17766/)

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-04-29. Score: 8 | Accepted answer

There are no circles, it is an image artifact. [Here is another picture from Dingo Gap](http://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/4-mars/2014/20140131_0528ML_panorama_valley-beyond-dingo-gap.jpg) that shows nothing at the exact same position.

Your mind is a well-trained pattern-matching machine that makes up patterns even when they are not actually there.  
In other words *don't jump to conclusions*. You are claiming that there are actual structures, which is one step too 'far'.

(Credit: Emily Lakdawallah [blog post](http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2014/01311220-beautiful-view-into-dingo-gap-curiosity-528.html))


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