How can aliens live their! It can not be true! Having aliens on Mars has been a big arguement for some time now. Some people may think that aliens planted or made this mysterious face on Mars. If aliens made the face they would have tracings of something odd on the face. In paragrpah 12 its tells you how the picture actually shows the Martian equivalent to a butte or mesa, which is landforms around the American West. The face on mars is about the same height as the lava dome that takes up a form of an isolated mesa. The pictures in the beginning of the passage you can see that in 1976 the object looked like a face, but in 2001 the object looks like broken down sand.

Next, the scientist does not have proof that it could be any signs of aliens surviving on Mars. In paragraph 7 it say that thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site , reavealing a natural landform. Also in paragraph 3 it pronounced that the face was a huge rock formation. Which resembles a human head formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes , noes, and mouth (3).

Finally, The face on mars just was a thing to benefit NASA. It states in paragraph 3 in the end that it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars. This face became into something huge. It has become a pop icon, starred in a Hollywood film, apperead in books, magazines, radio talk shows, and grocery lines. This face on mars was just put into the public to have attention drawn to NASA.

In conclusion, their were no aliens on Mars planting faces because, the face on Mars was just a benefit to Nasa, there was not any proof or sign of aliens on Mars, and it looked equivalent to a butte or mesa. Most people know that their were not any aliens on Mars because their was not any proof. One day researchers might find traces of aliens!