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New Images Of Cydonia Face

Posted by timothy on from the obviously-it's-been-tampered-with dept.

Thorgal writes: "NASA does it again! Thanks to fine people at Malin Space Science Systems we have best yet image of Cydonia Face, with pixel resolution of 1.56m per pixel and excellent angle, again leaving no doubt about what the "face" really is (hint: a mesa). There is also a perspective image generated from laser altimetry data and even a hiking trail designed for future Mars explorers. Definitely a must see!"

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  1. They miss the point by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3
    They basically show the face with a different lighting/viewing angle and say "Gee, it doesn't look like a face to me!"

    Nothing surprising here.

    They have a 3D model of the "face", so what I'd like to see is how best they can generate the 1976 picture from 2001 data, by varying the lighting/viewing angle.

    THEN, they can say: "see, you only get a face if the lighting/viewing angle is in these range, and you see an ordinary mesa otherwise". THAT would be interesting. Not just 5 or 6 new pictures with different viewing parameters, but an analysis over the WHOLE parameter space.