Face on Mars Gets a Make-Over 232
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."
You think this will quiet the conspiracy nuts? (Score:5, Insightful)
What face? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:A face huh? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:You think this will quiet the conspiracy nuts? (Score:5, Insightful)
It's the same with anyone who has already made their decision without the need for evidence - more evidence doesn't do a thing to them.
I have a feeling you could take some of those people who think NASA faked the moon landing to the moon IN PERSON and they would still conclude that it's an externally imposed delusion, because they are starting from the basic premise that they are right. Facts will need to fit that preconception. Same thing here.
Re:A face huh? (Score:3, Insightful)
Since the other pictures are anaglyphs (the sort of image that looks 3D when you use that red-blue 3D glasses), one can guess that they already processed the images to extract topological info... So a 3D render, to examine Mars surface details, seems logical to me.
Re:A face huh? (Score:3, Insightful)
The original source is multiple band photographs and height information.
As the "top down" view cannot really present that information, those are renderings using the height-field and texture data the probe collected.