Face on Mars or Rocky Hill? New Photo Reveals Truth

FOX News ^ | 7/30/2010 | FOX News

[Dallas59]

A new image just released by NASA confirms what the space agency has said all along: That's no face on Mars. It's just a rocky mesa.

In 1976, NASA's Viking space craft first captured the stunning picture of the area, showing what clearly looked like a face on the surface of Mars.

Conspiracy theorists went bonkers, describing the image as clear proof both that Martians existed and that NASA and the government were aware of their existence.

The new image comes from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera (HiRISE) on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, a multipurpose satellite designed to explore the Red planet from orbit. In 2007, the camera captured this new picture of the eroded mesa made famous by its similarity to a human face.

[driftdiver]

“They watch CNN.”

I thought they were smarter than that.

[Psycho_Bunny]

I never, ever continued speaking to anyone who thought the original pic showed an actual face sculpture.

[Yo-Yo]

Rut Roh. Richard Hoagland isn't going to like this...

[Talisker]

Yeah, NASA's great at before-and-after photographs. Say what you want about Hoagland (I believe him to be a genuine whistleblower), these photographs come from JPL itself.

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[RobRoy]

I just looked at all those images. So, now it’s the blue planet.

[DManA]

I can’t quite make it out but it looks like the knobs all go to 11.

[cripplecreek]

I never, ever continued speaking to anyone who thought the original pic showed an actual face sculpture.

That's because they're nutjobs unworthy of further conversation.

[Nateman]

[Maverick68]

Good catch!

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Progressive Martians watch CNN, the conservatives watch Fox.

[MHGinTN]

There is ample evidence of tampering with photo material from NASA. Hoagland worked for NASA in the imaging department (and may still be on payroll). If anyone can blow the whistle on these scum, it would be Richard Hoagland. But he is also a kook ...

[Nateman]

[pgkdan]

That’s disgusting and unworthy of FR.

[DManA]

That’s what NASA would like you to believe.

[Vroomfondel]

I believe the bluish crescent towards the top of the new picture is the “mouth”.

[Lmo56]

I thought it was Jimmy Hoffa ...

[Vroomfondel]

oops; by “towards the top”, I of course meant “smack in the center”...

[naturalized]

best pic ever!

[Yo-Yo]

Here's the acutal full HiRISE view of the face. The top of the "head" is at the 4 o'clock position: