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Martian 'Happy Face' Crater

Posted by timothy on from the cuteness-in-space dept.

Astroturtle writes "The two pictures shown here are taken from the same daily global image mosaic (the only difference is that each was processed slightly differently). The pictures show Galle Crater, informally known as 'Happy Face,' as it appeared in early southern winter."

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  1. They're playin' us! by Randolpho · · Score: 4, Funny

    Those martians are playin' with us! First they do the face, and we look closer and it's just a dune. Now they're doin the happy face.

    I tell ya, they're laughin' at us, right now!!!!1!!

    <dons foil helmet>

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    1. Re:They're playin' us! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Martians? It's those folks at NASA!
      First they pulled the moon-landing hoax, and now they're adding these touches to faked photographs in order to laugh at the general public's stupidity.

  2. What they didn't disclose... by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 4, Funny

    What they didn't disclose is that the Happy Face was purposely built over 20,000 years ago by 13-year old Martian OMIMers (Olympus Mons Online Instant Messenger), and that about 50 miles southwest of the giant happy face are 2-kilometer high pyramids arranged in a pattern that spells "LOL , BRB!"

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  3. Wal*Mars by AtariAmarok · · Score: 4, Funny

    The happy face logo is now seen on the Red Planet? What next? Falling prices on falling stars?

    "Wal-Mars. Always low gravity. Always."

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  4. Martians Identified! by Asprin · · Score: 3, Funny


    Let's see,

    Big, round head....
    Tiny little dot eyes....
    No nose to speak of....

    Holy crap! The Martians look like Charlie Brown!

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  5. Strata by Bonker · · Score: 3, Interesting

    A while back, Terry Pratchett wrote a book called 'Strata' in which the main plot premise was that Humans were terraforming the entire galaxy planet by planet, leaving 'history' inside those planets in the form of fake fossils and layers of rock. Occasionally, a 'prank' would slip through like the boot-prints in the sediment-strata or a digitial watch embedded in a seam of coal.

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  6. Microsoft on Mars by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Big, round head Tiny little dot eyes
    No nose to speak of.... The Martians look like Charlie Brown!"

    Heck no. That's Steve Ballmer!

  7. For all we know by Tuxinatorium · · Score: 4, Funny

    For all we know, in an alien society, that kind of expression might mean, "I'm going to kill you all, motherfuckers!!!"

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  8. Damn, fast food restaraunts are everywhere! by NanoGator · · Score: 3, Funny

    When did Jack in the Box expand to Mars?

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  9. You can't fool me by daves · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's a crop circle!

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