File:Martian face viking cropped.jpg

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Satellite photograph of a mesa (hill) in the Cydonia region of Mars, often called the "Face on Mars"

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English: The “Face on Mars” was one of the most striking and remarkable images taken during the Viking missions to the red planet (the black specks represent data errors). Unmistakeably resembling a human face, the image caused many to hypothesize that it was the work of an extraterrestrial civilization. Later images revealed that it was a mundane feature rendered face-like by the angle of the Sun.
Deutsch: Ausschnitt aus der „Marsgesicht“-Aufnahme der NASA-Sonde Viking I vom 25. Juli 1976, die eine Formation der Cydonia-Region in der nördlichen Hemisphäre des Planeten Mars zeigt.
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current13:36, 27 December 2010Thumbnail for version as of 13:36, 27 December 2010200 × 175 (24 KB)LobStoR (talk | contribs)cropped from original NASA TIFF, saved as greyscale JPEG quality 100 in the GIMP
13:09, 8 June 2006Thumbnail for version as of 13:09, 8 June 2006200 × 175 (12 KB)Thomas Reid (talk | contribs)Cropped from Martian face viking.jpg.

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