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Originally Posted by Skybird
The face, known as the Cydonia-region, is pretty much cleared up, Haplo. If you compare photos from Viking in the 70s with HR-images of the formation taken in 2001 by Global Surveyor, you'll see that nothing is left of that "face" feature anymore. It was a combination of erosion and local light conditions at the time viking took the shot.
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Yes, indeed. The face on Mars is not as exciting when you see it for the eroded mesa it really is...
However, I love the conspiracy theory put forward by people who still believe in the face. They claim NASA nuked the site from orbit there by defacing the face.. Time to call in Corporal Hicks.
