First Mars photo is Photoshopped with a number of well-known memes

Meme-makers have a heyday with Mars photo

Apparently Starbucks’ influence is everywhere, including on the surface of Mars.

Following the landing of NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars, the Internet was abuzz anticipating pictures of the Red Planet sent through space on a 14-minute delay. As photos have arrived, some merry meme-makers went nutty, creating a mélange of well-known memes with the new-but-now-iconic photos, from Dr. Who’s Tardis spacecraft to Ridley Scott’s Alien. These nine Photoshopped images from around the Web remind us again of the overall ingenuity of our fellow humans in the face of a monumentally historic situation. Oh Internet, what can’t you make us laugh at?

Whoa! The rover gets a glimpse of Ridley Scott’s iconic Alien. Sigourney Weaver, where are you?
Looney Tunes’ Marvin the Martian looks as surprised to see the Curiosity rover as we are to see him.
The running girl meme dons Martian antennae. Is she fleeing the rover, the Alien, or maybe Marvin?
Doctor Who gets around, and one Photoshop maestro uncovers the Tardis — his vehicle through time and space.
IAmA Reddit alien, AMA (ask me anything).
One meme-ster spots HRH Prince Charles jogging in the Red Planet’s shadows.
Stan, Kyle and the South Park boys knew all about Martians before the rover got there.
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