What's this in the Martian Sky?

Is that little white dot/orb in the sky over the meridiani planum the sun? or one of the martian moons? It look too small to be the sun.

it's about in the middle of the pic.

marsrovers.nasa.gov...

jeez how the hell did you spot that thing, its definately too small to be the sun but maybe its just a star/or ufo hmmm a star during the daytime

Do you mean the white spot on the land, or am I missing something?

I would say the sun but who knows.

Why does the picture look like it was cut and pasted, or (doctored) I thought panoramic images were one continous image. I might be seeing things

its toward the top of the pic

Whoop, nevermind. That might be one of the moons, but it's awfully bright to be one of the martian moons...I wonder if it is the sun. I would look a lot smaller out there. On Jupiter, the sun appears as just another bright star.

I could be a damaged pixel maybe, or perhaps the moon idea as u suggest. But if not then well done, u'v found the aliens

I personally thinks it the Earth...

If it were the Earth, why would Mars be able to see it durring the day while we can't see Mars? And I think that if it were the Earth, NASA would be talking about how cool it is that in this panorama, the Earth was captured in the sky, too.

well on mars wouldnt stars be visible during the day because their is no water and the sky would be black instead of blue?

No, because there's still an atmosphere, just not an oxygen atmosphere. It's mostly carbon dioxide.

I think it might just be some info lost during the pictures trip back to earth

the lost info usually shows up in pics as black spaces not white orbs.

I'm wondering if it could be perhaps a satellite like maybe the Mars Express?

But that's the best I can come up with logically thinking.

The Earth, I believe, reflects light better. Plus, we can also see Venus during the day here and it is further away than Mars.

Where is Dr. Kano when you need him?

i thought that only earth ahd a colored atmosphere because of the water

It's most likely Phobos or Deimos.

Originally posted by TrickmastertricK
I would say the sun but who knows.

Why does the picture look like it was cut and pasted, or (doctored) I thought panoramic images were one continous image. I might be seeing things

you dont need a continus pic for a panarama. you can take more than one pic and then past them together

No one suggested that it might be a UFO.. so here it is. It might be a UFO!

What's the big deal? Maybe they are much more common on Mars than on Earth since there's no population, and therefore no need to be too stealthy... why not!

Originally posted by lilblam
No one suggested that it might be a UFO.. so here it is. It might be a UFO!

What's the big deal? Maybe they are much more common on Mars than on Earth since there's no population, and therefore no need to be too stealthy... why not!

definitely a UFO