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[[Image:face.gif|thumb|240x240px|Image of the legendary face from the Mars|alt=|left]]
 
[[Image:face.gif|thumb|240x240px|Image of the legendary face from the Mars|alt=|left]]
 
[[Image:Mars_face_HiRISE_MRO.png|thumb|400x400px|Higher resolution image of the face|alt=|center]]
 
[[Image:Mars_face_HiRISE_MRO.png|thumb|400x400px|Higher resolution image of the face|alt=|center]]
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File:3234 2210facelefteye.jpg|Close view of left eye of face using HiView
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File:3234 2210lowelowerrface.jpg|Close view of lower face using HiView
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File:3234 2210lowerface.jpg|Another close view of lower face using HiView.  Some people said that they saw teeth here.  But, the scene looks like an eroded hill/mesa.
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[[File:PSP 003234 2210facewidelabeled.jpg|600pxr|Face on Mars showing parts that are enlarged in other images.  Picture was taken by HiRISE.]]
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                                Face on Mars showing parts that are enlarged in other images.
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[[File:3234 2210faceeyescolor.jpg|thumb|500px|left|Close, color view of eyes of Face]]
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[[File:3234 2210faceemouthlabeled.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Close, color view of mouth of Face]]
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Revision as of 15:32, 17 February 2020

The Face on Mars is an eroded mesa-like landform in the Cydonia region.

Theories of alien construction

Due to the fact that the first few pictures of the face showed a face like structure due to shadows fringe theories have arisen that the face (and surrounding mesas) were built by an alien civilization, and that NASA was covering up the evidence. However, this notion is not accepted by any Mars scientist, and higher resolution photos of the face taken by the HiRISE cameras of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have shown that it is just an ordinary land-form.

Pareidolia is the tendency of a human observer to interpret a configuration of objects as a human face. The human brain has specialized mechanisms for face recognition, and can easily interpret what it sees as a face.

Image of the legendary face from the Mars
Higher resolution image of the face

Face on Mars showing parts that are enlarged in other images. Picture was taken by HiRISE.

                                Face on Mars showing parts that are enlarged in other images.


Close, color view of eyes of Face
Close, color view of mouth of Face