Video: Unidentified Light Source on Mars

Strange 'Light' On Mars Snapped by Curiosity Rover | Video

Published on Apr 8, 2014

The Mars Science Laboratory photographed what appears to be a beam of light emanating from the surface of the Red Planet on April 3rd, 2014. NASA has yet to make an announcement on what it may be. -- Video: Curiosity Sees Mars' Moon Eclipse Sun: http://www.space.com/25397-strange-light-on-mars-snapped-by-curiosity-rover-video.html

Weird 'UFO' Light on Mars May Just Be a Shiny Rock, NASA Says

"One possibility is that the light is the glint from a rock surface reflecting the sun. When these images were taken each day, the sun was in the same direction as the bright spot, west-northwest from the rover, and relatively low in the sky,"

"The rover science team is also looking at the possibility that the bright spots could be sunlight reaching the camera's CCD [charge-coupled device] directly through a vent hole in the camera housing, which has happened previously on other cameras on Curiosity and other Mars rovers

Link - http://www.space.com/25399-mars-ufo-light-curiosity-rover-video.html?cmpid=514648

April 08, 2014

   Images taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on April 2 and April 3 include bright spots, which might be due to the sun glinting off a rock or cosmic rays striking the camera's detector.

   Link - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-108