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Old 24-October-2006, 10:56 PM
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What are the available information about the face on Mars? Would you please provide me with information about?

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There. Is. No. Face. On. Mars.

There are rocks that look vaguely like faces. The more you look the more there are -- just like on Earth and any other body. The more carefully you look, the less they look like faces.


(Viking Orbiter vs. Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera)

Wikipedia Cydonia (Mars)

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One of the Cydonian mesas, situated at 30°45' north latitude and 9°26' west longitude, took on the striking appearance of a human Face on Mars in a photo taken by Viking 1 on July 25, 1976. While generally believed to be an optical illusion (pareidolia), others view it as evidence of a long-lost Martian civilization.
Read the article. Follow the links there.


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What are the available information about the face on Mars? Would you please provide me with information about?

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Hello Anan

The Bad Astronomer has some stuff about it (or to be precise its non-existence) here
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And here that Mars Express stuff about the face is, featured in APOD (also the following day).
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What will Mt. Rushmore look like in 85,000 years?
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My face will be fine. Don't know about the others.
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It will mostly look like Mt. Rushmore with about 8 inches of rock removed.

National Park Service: Mt. Rushmore FAQ:

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I've probably been TooSeeked already but this is pretty interesting too.

Surprise, surprise, occasionally natural formations look a little like faces.

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I've probably been TooSeeked already but this is pretty interesting too.
Yeah, check out that hair-style!
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