Face on Mars Gets a Make-Over

Alien54 writes "ESA's Mars Express has obtained images of the Cydonia region, site of the famous 'Face on Mars.' using the High Resolution Stereo Camera. After multiple attempts to image the Cydonia region from April 2004 until July 2006 were frustrated by altitude and atmospheric dust and haze, the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board Mars Express finally obtained, on 22 July, a series of images that show the famous 'face' on Mars in unprecedented detail, with a ground resolution of approximately 13.7 metres per pixel."

Quick

[Anonymous Coward]

Quick, someone tell Zak McKracken!

They're still busy...

[Anonymous Coward]

...talking to the Martians about the cost of acquiring the rights to release that material.

A face huh?

[celardore]

If that's meant to look like a face, it's a hella ugly one.

Here's looking at you kid

[Anonymous Coward]

We look at other planets. They look back. :)

However they analyze it

[tbone1]

I still say it looks like Al Gore.

Re:Primary Goal of the Mission

[mustafap]

> (that's a rough translation from European).

Thats a very broad brush :o)

Go on, say something in European.

Noooooooo!!!11eleven1!

[ZaMoose]

This sort of information could be a death blow to conspiracy theories and the end of wild speculation as to the face's true origins and thus keep movies like John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars, Red Planet and Mission to Mars from being made!

Oh wait, that's a good thing.

Errrm, nevermind.

Not just on Mars

[piggywig]

Yawn. Seen it all before. There are some conspiracy nutters who think theres something like that here on earth too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rushmore [wikipedia.org].

That's no face...

[Anonymous Coward]

Look closely at this image [esa.int] of cydonia. Now look closely at the torso on this image [cbldf.org], that's proof positive that intelligent aliens with hyperdrive technology have travelled through this galaxy. For the doubters, here's a larger image [hoylen.com]. I just can't believe that world governments have managed to keep the truth covered up for so long!

The world needs to know!

Link to the old, low-res version

[PeeAitchPee]

In case of slashdotting: :-o

Re:A face huh?

[Anonymous Coward]

If that's meant to look like a face, it's a hella ugly one.

Indeed, but keep in mind that we fell in love with her in 1976 ... time hath withered her once youthful looks.

Send a nuke, give 'er a nose job.

Re:Primary Goal of the Mission

[rmccann]

Something else in European: "Health care for all. True multi-party democracies"

Re:It's human nature...

[thesandtiger]

When looked at from a particular angle, with particular lighting, then yes, it can look like a human face. But pictures shown from other angles or with different lighting don't look anything like a human face.

Heck, if you get the lighting right and go from just-so an angle, even Keith Richards seems to have a human face.

Re:A face huh?

[dr_dank]

Look at the title of the article; thats why it's getting a makeover.

The upcoming Queer Eye for the Red Planet Probe is going to use an eyebrow plucking robot and deploy an "chic hat" so it can be the hip, modern face of Mars.

It's obviously a face

[DavidHumus]

What's wrong with you people?

Are we even looking at the same picture?

Look, on the near side is the chin, up from there is the nose, up from there are the other two noses and to the right of these is the telepathy patch.

You people are just too cynical for your own good.

Re:It's human nature...

[An Onerous Coward]

Heck, if you get the lighting right and go from just-so an angle, even Keith Richards seems to have a human face.

I defy you to find a single photograph that backs up this statement.

Re:Primary Goal of the Mission

[Anonymous Coward]

> Something else in European: "Health care for all. True multi-party democracies"

"Abortions for some-- miniature American flags for others!"

Re:A face huh?

[gfxguy]

Didn't you hear the news? Tinfoil hats AMPLIFY their ability to read your mind.

Re:Primary Goal of the Mission

[Anonymous Coward]

Something in European?

*ahem*

"Stupid Americans!"

There you go.

Re:Primary Goal of the Mission

[Anonymous Coward]

This is all fine and good, but what I really want to see is those hi-res photos of the Great Ass of Mars...

Re:It's human nature...

[blindbug]

Heck, if you get the lighting right and go from just-so an angle, even Keith Richards seems to have a human face.

I guess that's more than we can say about Wacko Jacko...

Re:Primary Goal of the Mission

[MrLizard]

>Go on, say something in European.

"Le Americans, they steenk!"
"By yiminy, ve surrender!"

How's that? I know I have a bit of an accent, but I think I can be understood.

Re:They're still busy...

[Hal_Porter]

I never realised before that it was possible to fail a Rorschach test.

Re:The face is small potatos

[Teilo]

Shows what you know. We WERE on Mars 15 years ago. In fact, we are there now. Who do you think wipes off the solar panels on the rovers after a dust storm?

Re:Other cool facts about the mission

[jafac]

, receiving data from the Mars rovers and transmitting it back to Earth (yes: they use the same communication protocol!).

No they don't.

The english units sent by the mars rovers are encapsulated in metric units, and converted back on earth. /snark

Re:It's human nature...

[peragrin]

Yes but is there hope for Micheal Jackson to ever have a human face?

Re:Primary Goal of the Mission

[PresidentEnder]

"Haße" soll nicht "hasse" werden!
Stand against forced spelling reform!
That is all.