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07-30-10, 09:37 PM
It was the startling photograph that spawned a thousand conspiracy theories.
A photograph taken by the American Viking 1 Orbiter in July 1976 appeared to show a hill in the shape of a human face on the dusty surface of Mars.
But a new photograph released today, which was taken with Nasa’s high-definition HiRISE camera, finally shows the Face on Mars for what it really is: just a large, rocky hill in the middle of the Martian desert.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1298714/New-high-resolution-photo-famous-Face-Mars-proves-just-rocky-hill.html#ixzz0vDvoYHGW
A photograph taken by the American Viking 1 Orbiter in July 1976 appeared to show a hill in the shape of a human face on the dusty surface of Mars.
But a new photograph released today, which was taken with Nasa’s high-definition HiRISE camera, finally shows the Face on Mars for what it really is: just a large, rocky hill in the middle of the Martian desert.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1298714/New-high-resolution-photo-famous-Face-Mars-proves-just-rocky-hill.html#ixzz0vDvoYHGW