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‘Jelly Donut’ Rock Mysteriously Appears in Mars Rover Photo of Same Spot Days Apart

The Mars Opportunity Rover has found a jelly donut on Mars... man would that be an awesome headline. Unfortunately we couldn't run that unless we were intent on click baiting you (we're not...). What the 10-year-veteran Mars Rover did find (and photograph) is a mysterious rock that looks like -- and has been nicknamed -- the 'jelly donut.'

Why mysterious? Because it seemed to appear out of nowhere in pictures of the exact same spot on the Martian ground only 12 Martian days (or Sols) apart.

Mars Rover Opportunity Commemorates 10 Years on Mars by Sending Home a Selfie

When the Mars Rover Opportunity landed on our planetary neighbor on January 25th, 2004 it was undertaking a three-month mission. Well, it's a full decade later and the little guy is still alive and kickin' (in a robotic kind of way).

And what better way to celebrate that achievement then by taking a good ol' fashioned, 2014-like selfie?