Mysterious black streaks on a picture of the surface of Mars

A mysterious black streak appeared along the horizon in the Martian surface of the Curiosity self-driving car, sparking speculation about its origin as the black trail disappeared two hours later.

Just a few seconds after landing on Red Planet on August 6, Curiosity took a picture of the surface of Mars, including a 'dim yet distinctive' black spot, according to the Los Angeles Times. The strange thing is that this black stain has disappeared in a series of photos taken by the self-propelled vehicle two hours later.

This detail has inspired the interest of space enthusiasts. In it, there are many enthusiastic opinions that Curiosity has found signs of aliens from the first seconds of landing on Mars in the hunt for life traces here.

However, there is a widely accepted explanation that Curiosity somehow captures a part that separates and falls far in the process of landing on Mars.

Mysterious black streak in Curiosity's first photo - (Photo: NASA / AFP)

Others have made more viable assumptions that black streaks are simply stains on a lens or a cloud of dust in the distance.

The black streak hypothesis is a landing gear called 'sky crane' supported by images published by the US Aeronautics and Space Agency.

In the scene of the landing by a NASA satellite, Curiosity is seen lying on the surface with parts of the ship thrown during landing.

The photo includes a heat shield that protects the autonomous vehicle when it hits the Martian atmosphere and a deceleration parachute. There is also a 'sky crane' which is used during landing.

Location of separated parts during landing - (Photo: NASA / Reuters)

The photo shows the 'sky crane' falling to the surface at a distance of more than 600 meters as previously calculated and in the same direction as Curiosity's camera when the device took the first photo containing black streaks.

Satellite images also show that the 'heavenly crane' has sparked a cloud of dust as it crashed into the surface of Mars.

However, Curiosity's mission manager Michael Watkins must admit to the Los Angeles Times that if this were true, it would be an incredible coincidence.