In 1976, something interesting was discovered on the surface of the Red Planet. A spacecraft called the Viking 1, owned by NASA, was orbiting the planet to take pictures in case a landing site for the Viking 2 ship was possible. Surprisingly, an enormous two mile human face seemed to stare back into the camera in the region of Mars called Cydonia.
A high degree of surprise fell upon the mission controllers in the Jet Propulsion Lab as the face appeared on their monitors back home. However, the instant surprise soon came to an end when scientists found the true meaning of the human face. This new found face was a common Martian mesa (similar to a plateau- flat and surrounded by cliffs) in Cydonia although this one had unique shadows, allowing the formation to resemble an Egyptian Pharaoh.
A few days after this unusual discovery, NASA revealed this image to engage the public's interest in Mars. Since this discovery, the "Face on Mars" has become a pop icon in Hollywood movies, books, magazines and other publications. Some people (especially consipracy theorists) think this Face is evidence of life on Mars that NASA would rather keep a secret. In the meantime, defenders of NASA
want to believe there was an ancient civilization on Mars and not just a natural landform.
Very little scientists actually believe the Face is alien made, however, photographing Cydonia became an important task for NASA in hopes of getting a clear image of the Face. Upon photogpahing Cydonia, it was discovered that there were many other mesas similar to the Face, however, none look like human faces. These other mesas had similar height and width measurements therefore concluding that the Face is, in no way, exotic of any sort.
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