The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, February 6-10, 2012

Max Read over at Gawker turned us on to this amazing Shutterstock series, mysteriously titled "Cyber Woman With a Corn." What could you use this photo to illustrate? What couldn't you use it for? Read more at Gawker. Shutterstock

There are lots of amazing images in this week’s roundup; there’s the likely discovery of a massive former ocean on Mars, there’s a purple squirrel, there’s an incredible augmented reality project, and lots more. But we can’t stop looking at–and thinking about–the noble Cyber Woman With A Corn.

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G. Horvath
ESA/Hubble & NASA
Rosan Bosch
Seth Casteel
Karolina Sobecka
Ben Nyberg
Connie and Percy Emert
Jalopnik
ESA, C. Carreau
 
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