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2. www.smithsonianmag.com › smithsonian-institutionRemember the Face on Mars? | Smithsonian

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   Jul 29, 2009 · Thirty-three years ago this week, in one of the first images sent back from Mars, people thought they detected the likeness of a human face rising from the dust of the red planet.

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   Jul 29, 2015 · 1959 Comic Featured ‘The Face on Mars’ – 17 Years Before a NASA Probe’s Famous Photo. Here’s your daily dose of weird: Almost four decades ago a strange photograph was taken of Mars by the Viking 1 space probe, which appeared to show a massive humanoid-looking face carved into the Red Planet’s landscape, staring back at the orbiter ...

4. www.scientificamerican.com › article › the-face-onThe Face on Mars and Other Cases of Cosmic Pareidolia

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   Jun 28, 2024 · NASA’s Viking 1 Orbiter spacecraft photographed this region in the northern latitudes of Mars on July 25, 1976 while searching for a landing site for the Viking 2 Lander. The image shows a mesa ...

5. www.universetoday.com › 69766Extreme Close-Up of the Face on Mars - Universe Today

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   Jul 29, 2010 · This is the famous “Face on Mars,” and is the closest image ever of this landform, taken by the best Mars camera ever, HiRISE on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. And it certainly...

6. www.space.com › 17191-face-on-marsThe Face on Mars: Fact & Fiction | Space

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   Aug 20, 2012 · published 20 August 2012. When the Viking 1 mission returned photos of the Martian surface in 1976, the image of a rocky face in the Cydonia region captured the public eye. Was it a trick of...

7. cdn.centerforinquiry.org › wp-content › uploadsPutting a Better Face on the 'Face' on Mars - Center for Inquiry

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   'Face' on Mars: A Skeptical Look at Richard C. Hoagland," the NASA pho-tos of the so-called "Face" were, regret-tably, not as enhanced as other available NASA images. The cover photo (also used on page 21) was the ubiquitous "Face" image from the 1976 Viking 1 mission—the image most familiar to everyone. But an enhanced version of that photo ...

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   Where was the first 'face on Mars' image taken?

   • The original 'Face on Mars' image taken by NASA's Viking 1 orbiter, in grey scale, on July, 25 1976. Image shows a remnant massif located in the Cydonia region. (Image credit: NASA) As the Viking 1 mission circled the red planet in search of a landing site for its sister ship, Viking 2, it snapped photos of Mars for engineers at NASA to study.

   The Face on Mars: Fact & Fiction | Space

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   Is the 'face on Mars' a trick of the eye?

   • When scientists first viewed the image, they were confident it was an eroded rock formation, probably a mesa. High resolution photos taken in 1998 and 2001 have confirmed that the "Face on Mars" is a trick of the eye, seen when light hits the mesa at a certain angle.

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   Does a 'face on Mar' look like a face?

   • Alas, its just a hill. Original 1976 'Face on Mar' image from the Viking Orbiter. Credit: NASA Viking had much lower spatial resolution than HiRISE, and at the time the picture was taken, a different lighting geometry, which made it look like a face. Yes, it does look like a face in this image.

   Extreme Close-Up of the Face on Mars - Universe Today

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   Is the face on Mars a remnant of an alien civilization?

   • Some people believe that the face is the remnant of an alien civilization, suggesting that other rocky outcroppings in the area may be a crumbling extraterrestrial city. Since 1976, the face has appeared in a number of popular culture references citing it as an indication of life on Mars at some stage of the planet's history.

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9. mars.nasa.gov › resources › 7493The 'Face on Mars' - NASA Science

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   This picture is one of many taken in the northern latitudes of Mars by the Viking 1 Orbiter in search of a landing site for Viking 2. The picture shows eroded mesa-like landforms. The huge rock formation in the center, which resembles a human head, is formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose and mouth.