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Have you seen the picture of the object on Mars that some people believe looks like a face? Do you believe it is a natural landform or a face created by aliens? This paper is to help explain why some people believe it is a face and others think it is a natural landform.

In 1976 NASA´s Viking 1 was circling Mars to see where its sister ship Viking 2 could land when it arrived on Mars. It was snapping photos when suddenly it spotted something that looked like a human face. It looked like the head was staring right back at the camera. It was from a region of the Red Planet called Cydonia. The people controlling the ship

were surprised to see an object that looked like a human face. Scientists then figured out it was a Martian mesa but had an unusual shadow that made it look like a Pharaoh. A few days after seeing the image NASA unveiled the image to the public. They thought it was a good idea to engage the public and attract attention to Mars. In fact it did attract the attention of a lot of people. It has become a pop icon. It has stared in a Hollywood film, in books, magazines, radio talk shows, and even in the grocery store. Some people think the face is evidence of life on Mars,which is information that NASA would want to hide from people. It became a priority for NASA to get more photos of Cydonia. In 1998 the team snapped a photo ten times sharper than the original photos. Many people were on the Internet to see the image right after it was put on the web. It turns out that it was just a natural landform. Not everyone was pleased though. Some people said that the camera had to peer through clouds so the alien jmarkings were hidden by haze. In 2001 there were no clouds in Cydonia so the team took another picture. This photo is very clear and shows no evidence that it is a face. It shows that it is a natural landform.

Has your viewpoint of the object changed? If you still think that it is a alien created object then look at the picture from 2001. There are no clouds to block anything that would make you think it is a face. In the first photo it is a shadow that makes it look like a face. Also the

photo is very blurry. The less blur there is the more it looks like a natural landform not a face.

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