First Ever Images Of 3I ATLAS From Mars Rover Show Mysterious Shape As Congress Reveals Ocean Bases Breaking developments from both Mars and Earth are converging into one extraordinary mystery. NASA’s Perseverance rover has captured the first-ever clear images of the interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS streaking past the Martian sky — and the shape looks eerily familiar. A glowing white cylinder, perfectly smooth, without a dust trail or fragmentation. Some are calling it “the Martian Tic Tac.