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The "Face on Mars"

may look like an alien has constructed it but the shadows of the bumps make it seem like it is an actual human face. If it were aliens who had built the Face on Mars, wouldn't there be more? The answer to that question would

be yes. The pictures from 2001 show that that the artifact was really just a natural creation. Before scientists had found the Face on Mars, the question is...just how old is it?

In the beginning of the aricle it states,"New high-resolution images and 3D alimetry from NASA's Mars Global Survey spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: A mesa" (UTFONM, 1). Thus meaning that the Face on Mars was not created by aliens. Before the pictures in 1976 and 98' were awful quality, the picture in 2001 shows exactly what the Face on Mars is. The article also stated that the Face on Mars,"...huge rock formation . . . which resembles a human head . . . formed by the shadows giving the illusions of eyes, nose, and mouth" (UTFONM, 1). This is proof of it only being a natural landform.

If aliens had created this form, wouldn't there be more of these human looking landforms. There is no evidence in the article that states aliens were the creatures who made the Face on Mars. If the Face on Mars was created by aliens, NASA would have wanted to research it instead of hiding it because they would've gotten paid. According to the article it states, " Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars" (UTFONM, 1). It would have been beneficial to NASA if it were made by aliens.

It makes sense to infer that it could only be a structure made by aliens because who knows the capabilities of these creatures. Although in the article it states," There was no alien monument after all " (UTFONM, 1). There is solid evidence that the structer was not created by an extraterestrial creature. Even knowing it not being made by an alien, when was it created and how was it created? That answer we may never know.

In conclusion the landform found on Mars is not made by aliens. This was proven on April 5, 1988. The purpose of the article was to show people that the Face on Mars was just a natural monument. In the end of the article it states, " What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West" (UTFONM, 1). We even have similar things like the Face on Mars on Earth. All in all the form on Mars was not created by any aliens of any sort.

Score: 3