Cydonia redux
Humor, Science 09/22/2006 |The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter has obtained new, high resolution images of the ever-popular Cydonian ‘face’ on Mars, putting to rest (again) the myth that there’s actually a constructed face on the surface of the red planet.
A perspective view showing the so-called ‘Face on Mars’ located in the Cydonia region. The image shows a remnant massif thought to have formed via landslides and an early form of debris apron formation. The massif is characterized by a western wall that has moved downslope as a coherent mass. The massif became famous as the ‘Face on Mars’ in a photo taken on 25 July 1976 by the American Viking 1 Orbiter.
Image recorded during orbits 3253 and 1216 by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express. Image is based on data gathered over the Cydonia region, with a ground resolution of approximately 13.7 metres per pixel. Cydonia lies at approximately 40.75° North and 350.54° East.
Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum), MOC (Malin Space Science Systems)
This seems like as good a time as any to revisit one of my favorite silly posts from the past: Mars Needs a Facelift!
NASA has recently released photographs of the famous Cydonian face on Mars that show that one of the strongest pieces of evidence we have yet of alien intelligence is in danger of being eradicated from our Solar System.
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The only question now is how is this happening? […] The only answer I can come up with is that the Face is being deliberately destroyed to hide its existence from us! This single image — released by NASA itself — does more to prove that the Government has been hiding information from us (either about its own capabilities, or about its involvement with extraterrestrial intelligence) for years than anything previously found!
Heh.
(via /.)
“I’ve Got You Under My Skin” by James Darren from the album The Best Is Yet To Come (1999, 3:15).
[See also: Mars needs a facelift! | Ion Drive in operation | April Fools! | Justifying the space program | Now that’s a big gun ]
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Ryan Waddell
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September 22nd, 2006 at 9:53 am
One of the things which amazes me is how people who want to find conspiracy can ignore the obvious.
Since these self-same people believe the moon landing was staged by the government and was filmed in Arizona or New Mexico, the response will probably be this is also staged, as the Goverment (and you know I am not a fan) DOES NOT WANT US TO REALLY KNOW!!!
And, we all know the Martians were the ones REALLY behind the destruction of the Wolrd Trade Center.