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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Dan Nosowitz is a freelance writer and editor who has written for Popular Science, The Awl, Gizmodo, Fast Company, BuzzFeed, and elsewhere. He holds an undergraduate degree from McGill University and currently lives in Brooklyn, because he has a beard and glasses and that's the law. You can follow him on Twitter.