A photograph captured by a Chinese rover of a cube-like object on the far side of the moon has fanned speculation over what it could be, and inspired a host of memes from Chinese internet users.

The Yutu-2 caught an image of what seems like a large cubic object on the horizon about 80 meters (87 yards) from its location, said Our Space, a Chinese government science website, citing the rover's last log on Dec. 3.

Under the hashtag meaning "Yutu's latest discovery," a series of internet memes showed the rover rolling over the lunar plain towards a pair of obelisks, a tall monolith and even a giant hammer and sickle — the symbol of the Communist Party.