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The 10 Best Mars Images Ever
By Robert Roy Britt
Senior Science Writer
posted: 07:00 am ET
03 December 2002

The Other Face


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Serious Mars scientists scoff at the idea that the thing in the picture above is a construct of some intelligent civilization. But countless people are utterly convinced that it is, and they accuse NASA of a cover-up. Regardless of how you view the photo, it is big.

Ironically, it was space agency scientists who first suggested the feature had human qualities. Ever since, the face has taken on a life of its own.

Its mere mention in this list will generate e-mails from the believers, some of whom will, not for the first time, implicate SPACE.com in the whole conspiracy. Some will be offended that we've called them believers. Just look at the facts, they'll say.

That's what scientists say, too. And some more facts were provided recently by NASA's Odyssey spacecraft, again showing -- according to the scientists involved in the mission -- that the face is faceless.

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