Oh, man...can't anybody take decent cyrptozoological photographs? Well, thanks, Ben, for another "thing that makes you go hmmm." I'm pretty familiar with NASA and their photo technology on the two rovers currently operating on Mars is way sharper than this bit of CNN fluff. Reminds me of why I seldom watch CNN anymore. I think I'll go dig around on NASA's website and see if there is anything like this actually released by the agency...
If you'd like to see the resolution the cameras on the Mars rovers really can achieve, as compared to the cruddy pictorial stuff on CNN/youTube, check out this recent hi-res TIFF from the Spirit rover: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/2...0102-hires.tif. Loads a bit slowly, but zoom in and you'll be pretty impressed.
BTW, NASA hasn't made any claims about this "finding."