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Post details: Wordless Wednesday - Face On Mars

05/30/07

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Categories: UFO & Aliens, Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday - Face On Mars

The famous "face" on the surface of Mars!

"In July, 1976, Viking Orbiter 1 was acquiring images of the Cydonia region of Mars as part of the search for potential landing sites for Viking Lander 2. On 25 July, 1976, it photographed a region of buttes and mesas along the escarpment that separates heavily cratered highlands to the south from low lying, relatively crater-free, lowland plains to the north. Among the hills was one that, to the Viking investigators scrutinizing the images for likely landing sites, resembled a face. Owing to the importance of the landing site search, and with a desire to provide the public with at least one familiar-looking landform amid the craters and exotic terrains found all over Mars, an image including the face-like hill was released as part of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's public relations effort."

And this image has been hotly debated ever since. So what do you guys think. Alien structure? Or just shadows giving the illusion of a face?

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Comment from: Alison [Visitor]

· http://beloved-eleanor.co.uk/blog

Oooh, freaky I've never seen that before.

Permalink 05/29/07 @ 16:49

Comment from: jams o donnell [Visitor]

· http://thepoormouth.blogspot.com/

It is a classic image and great to see again. Didn't a picture of the same site a few years ago show it to be the effect of light and shadow?

Permalink 05/29/07 @ 16:51

Comment from: Bridget [Visitor]

· http://brewerfamily8.blogspot.com

I've seen this before but I always love it when I see it--I think it's shadows.

Permalink 05/29/07 @ 17:08

Comment from: Jarid Caydon\'s blog [Visitor]

· http://jaridcaydon.blogspot.com/

Freaky. I also never seen that before.

Permalink 05/29/07 @ 17:45

Comment from: jenn in holland [Visitor]

· http://hollandlife.blogspot.com

that's a little spooky!
Very nicely done.

Permalink 05/29/07 @ 18:26

Comment from: JennieBoo [Visitor]

· http://osomolove.blogspot.com/

Hey! That looks like my uncle Clinton!

Thanks for sharing!

Happy WW! See ya next week.....

Permalink 05/29/07 @ 19:26

Comment from: Comedy Plus [Visitor]

· http://comedyplus.blogspot.com/

Photoshopped. That's it! Okay, just kidding. I quit trying to explain the unexplained. Great contribution. Happy WW. :)

Permalink 05/29/07 @ 19:32

Comment from: Lene [Visitor]

· http://mommybrainvictim.wordpress.com

Wow, that is a cool picture! It reminds me of a monkey. Happy WW

Permalink 05/29/07 @ 19:47

Comment from: Angel Mama ( Pearls of Wisdom) [Visitor]

· http://www.angelslisteningheart.blogspot.com

Thats interesting. Happy WW.

Angel Mama ( Pearls of Wisdom)

Permalink 05/29/07 @ 20:16

Comment from: Melanie [Visitor]

· http://hovancikfamily.blogspot.com/

Amazing and a little spooky!

Permalink 05/29/07 @ 21:11

Comment from: Janet [Visitor]

· http://chocolateandraspberries.blogspot.com

Haven't seen that in years! I think it's just shadows.

Permalink 05/29/07 @ 22:16

Comment from: Isabelle aka Tricotine [Visitor]

· http://tricotine.typepad.com

Amazing!

Happy WW! :-)

Permalink 05/29/07 @ 23:42

Comment from: mama k [Visitor]

· http://www.mamaknj.blogspot.com

weird!!

Very wordy, word-less wednesday! hehe

Permalink 05/29/07 @ 23:51

Comment from: Kellyology [Visitor]

· http://kellyology.blogspot.com

Thanks for the something to think about!

Permalink 05/30/07 @ 00:15

Comment from: Andrea [Visitor]

· http://paranormalstories.blogspot.com

I love this picture. It's so cool.

If I remember correctly, pictures were taken of the same place but at different angle or at a different time and it didn't look anything like a face. I think it's just shadows.

Permalink 05/30/07 @ 01:36

Comment from: Raggedy [Visitor] · http://its-a-raggedy-life.blogspot.com/

Freaky!
Happy Wordless Wednesday!
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from da Raggedy one

Permalink 05/30/07 @ 02:29

Comment from: Shaz@UsDanes [Visitor]

· http://gffreebushtelegraph-meme.blogspot.com/

Interesting post. Happy WW x

Permalink 05/30/07 @ 02:48

Comment from: Friday's Child [Visitor]

· http://lifran.blogspot.com/

Makes me feel creepy.
Mine is up too.

Permalink 05/30/07 @ 03:08

Comment from: amy [Visitor]

· http://www.amychristopher.blogspot.com

defintely an interesting picture

Permalink 05/30/07 @ 08:17

Comment from: Amber [Visitor]

· http://www.crazybloggincanuck.com

Whatever it is, that is COOOOOL!

Permalink 05/30/07 @ 09:10

Comment from: Lori [Visitor]

· http://singleparentsunite.blogspot.com/

Very cool and freaky....

Permalink 05/30/07 @ 09:45

Comment from: moodswingingmommy [Visitor]

· http://moodswingingmommy.typepad,com

Never seen that before. I believe in ghosts, but my vote is for shadows. Very eerie!

Permalink 05/30/07 @ 10:13

Comment from: The Twinkies [Visitor]

· http://twinkies.bastetweb.com

Freaky.

Permalink 05/30/07 @ 12:16

Comment from: Sherry [Visitor]

· http://redbudslane.blogspot.com

That has sparked many a story!

Permalink 05/30/07 @ 19:57

Comment from: Faith [Visitor]

· http://www.bunderprotest.blogspot.com/

Looks like a face to me!

Sorry I just think it's arrogant to assume we are the only intelligent life in the entire solar system....wether they visit Earth or not is another matter however. :P

Permalink 06/01/07 @ 02:38

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