NASA’s Perseverance rover accidentally makes ‘zen garden’ on Mars

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NASA’s Perseverance rover accidentally makes ‘zen garden’ on Mars
By Dean Murray via SWNS
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Track left by the Mars Perseverance Rover. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via SWNS)


The Red Planet just got even more peaceful – as the Mars rover makes an accidental zen garden.

NASA's Perseverance rover left some picturesque track marks around a rock to create something resembling a Japanese miniature stylized meditation landscape.

In a humorous online post, the rover commented: “Making some accidental zen art as I drive. Mars may be desolate, but it has a certain charm.”



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Artist impression of the Mars Perseverence Rover. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via SWNS)


Zen gardens usually feature carefully composed arrangements of rocks, water features, moss, pruned trees and bushes, and uses gravel or sand that is raked to represent ripples in water.

They are intended to imitate the essence of nature, not its actual appearance, and to serve as an aid for meditation.

NASA's Perseverance rover's mission is to look for signs of past microbial life, cache rock and soil samples, and prepare for future human exploration.

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