The Face That Wasnt There-DarkPlanet

NASA releases April 08/2001 images of the face on Mars after sitting on them for nearly two months.

I was going to start this section off slowly and ease people into the subject but with this latest Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS) release I had to jump right in. Just as a general disclaimer: My personal jury is still out as to the artificiality of the face on Mars but some features on the "Face" cannot be explained by natural fractal processes.

The Face on Mars, as Mysterious as Ever

While the popular media did a fine job at swallowing the latest Mars story from NASA many of us are not completely sold. I won't go into the conspiracy surrounding the latest image release (Hoagland will do a much better job) but what I have done is properly enhance the latest images. Much to NASA's dismay this issue is here to stay.

.......................ORIGINAL MSSS RELEASE MAY 24/2001

Argument for a Hollow Face on Mars

I've taken the above latest image release from MSSS and enhanced it in the following ways:

Enhancements: reorientation, color correction, simple brightness and contrast enhancements.

Once again we are immediately drawn to the overall symmetrical quality of the face. That's not to say that this does not occur in nature but it is extremely rare for such symmetrical landforms to exist and on such a scale. One theory put forward by the scientific community suggests that the face on Mars is simply a "butte". Yet it is apparent with very little research that there are no such symmetrically formed "buttes" occurring in nature (on Earth that is). I suppose that it is possible that the Martian geology is so unique that it can produce rare and unusual landforms but I have another theory...Just hear me out...

A basic overlay is plotted showing features both apparent in the latest images and those of past images (See fig.3). The basic premise here is that the face is actually a hollow structure that has partially collapsed over time. If you compare both pictures you can see symmetrical objects. Although obviously degraded and reoriented these structures still maintain a relative symmetrical stance. The right portion of fig.2 clearly shows a partially collapsed retaining wall yet the outer boundaries are still well defined. A comparative study of all features shows a general implosion of the right portion of the face. It is my feeling that the structure is in part hallow. If you study aerial photos of archeological dig sites this kind of structural implosion is very common and yields the same effect. As to the cause of the implosion that can only be theorized . Perhaps this is due to simple structural failure over the course of thousands of years. I realize that this theory does not fit in with Richard Hoaglands feline model but perhaps it will answer some mysteries regarding these latest images.