The mystery is solved from smallest to largest...
The close-up of the discord.
As can be seen, at first glance this image can make the imagination fly: the curious formation, which stands out from the rest due to its dark tone, seems to correspond to a humanoid walking among the Martian rocks. However, the pixelation makes it evident that this is just a close-up of a larger image.
Let's start moving away...
This time we can see that the real image is larger, and the "little man" actually occupies a tiny part of the whole. But we still haven't seen the full image.
Panoramic view
Below we find the complete image of the Spirit, of the place specifically called West Valley (The circles and arrow have been noted by the Daily Mail.) As we can see (or not see, really), the "little man" is practically imperceptible unless a careful analysis and subsequent enlargement of the area is carried out.
I think this series of distances already resolves the issue for more than one reader, partly because many media outlets that reported the news (after the Daily Mail) only showed the first image (the enlargement) omitting the entire context. Of course, this leads to misinterpretations about the size of the "humanoid", which by the way has even been nicknamed "big foot» (Bigfoot) due to its similar "pose" to a creature filmed in the 1960s in the USA, which was supposedly Bigfoot. It has also been nicknamed "little mermaid"due to its similarity to the statue of a Little Mermaid on a rock at the entrance to the port of Copenhagen (Denmark), which evokes the well-known mythological creature.
 Alleged Bigfoot captured in 1967 |
 Mermaid Statue in Copenhagen, Denmark |
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