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Astronomy Picture of the Day - The Face on Mars
APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 4 Jul, 2021 | Image Credit: NASA, Viking 1 Orbiter

Posted on 07/04/2021 1:47:35 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: Wouldn't it be fun if clouds were castles? Wouldn't it be fun if the laundry on the bedroom chair was a superhero? Wouldn't it be fun if rock mesas on Mars were interplanetary monuments to the human face? Clouds, though, are floating droplets of water and ice. Laundry is cotton, wool, or plastic, woven into garments. Famous Martian rock mesas known by names like the Face on Mars appear quite natural when seen more clearly on better images. Is reality boring? Nobody knows why some clouds make rain. Nobody knows if life ever developed on Mars. Nobody knows why the laundry on the bedroom chair smells like root beer. Scientific exploration can not only resolve mysteries, but uncover new knowledge, greater mysteries, and yet deeper questions. As humanity explores our universe, perhaps fun -- through discovery -- is just beginning.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Heh! :-)


21 posted on 07/04/2021 4:47:10 PM PDT by AFB-XYZ (Stand up, or bend over)
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

I have done much mountain climbing in the area of your posted photo, including one of the pictured peaks.


22 posted on 07/04/2021 6:08:01 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Looks to me more like the face of a lion or other big cat.


23 posted on 07/04/2021 6:33:37 PM PDT by dsc (Abortion is the axe laid to the roots of the tree of human rights.)
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To: A Navy Vet
More importantly, no one knows where my other sock went.

Silly don't you know socks are merely the larval form of coat hangers?

24 posted on 07/04/2021 6:34:42 PM PDT by itsahoot (Many Republicans are secretly Democrats, no Democrats are secretly Republicans. Bongino says.)
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To: AFB-XYZ

I thought it looked like the mask worn by Arnold Ziffel (Arnold the Pig on the TV show Green Acres) when he dressed as a human for Halloween.


25 posted on 07/04/2021 6:34:54 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: AFB-XYZ

Arnold Ziffle’s favorite food is cheeseburgers.


26 posted on 07/04/2021 6:37:28 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Heh heh! Come to think of it, it does bear a resemblance . . .


27 posted on 07/04/2021 7:33:30 PM PDT by AFB-XYZ (Stand up, or bend over)
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To: MtnClimber

I found the photo on Unsplash.com. It a was beautifully colored and composed photo of the mountains! I am glad you are familiar with that place and I hope it brings pleasant memories! A happy chance!

(I am still in awe of that picture of that solitary bright shower and rainbow hanging over low grassy hills along a Colorado county road! It was Wow! Colorado, I have to come there sometime!)


28 posted on 07/04/2021 8:35:28 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: MtnClimber

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29 posted on 07/04/2021 9:02:01 PM PDT by sauropod (The smartphone is the retina of the mind's eye.)
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To: AFB-XYZ

Actually I’m thinking it looks like comedian Steven Wright...


30 posted on 07/05/2021 6:40:57 AM PDT by Paleo Pete (You can't fix stupid, but you can numb it with a 2X4...)
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To: MtnClimber

That’s Jimmy Hoffa’s girlfriend...where is Jimmy?
He must be in the same vicinity.!


31 posted on 07/05/2021 1:58:55 PM PDT by BatGuano ("Ya don't think that I'd go into combat with change in my pocket, do Ya?)
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