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NASA spot Han Solo formation on the surface of Mercury

It totally looks like him, if you squint a bit.
Sep 20th 2013, 4:54 PM 1,670 1

WE SORTA SEE it, can you see it?

NASA’s Messenger spacecraft caught this formation on the surface of Mercury in July 2011.

The recently released photo, bares a strange similarity to a particular rebel General of the Star Wars galaxy.

Friday_September_13 Source: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

Is there a likeness to Han Solo frozen in carbonite?

HanPopcicle Source: Wookiepedia

NASA seem to think so, entitling the photo with a quote directly from Darth Vader: ‘He Will Not Be Permanently Damaged’.

If there are two things you should remember, it’s not to cross a Hutt, and that Mercury’s surface can throw up all kinds of surprises. In this image, a portion of the terrain surrounding the northern margin of the Caloris basin hosts an elevated block in the shape of a certain carbonite-encased smuggler who can make the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs.

h/t Laughing Squid

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