Still Waters Posted July 30, 2010 #1 Share Posted July 30, 2010 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. This is the closest ever image of the famous outcrop which should, once and for all, scotch the conspiracy theorists who believe that the 'face' is conclusive evidence of intelligent life on Mars. Within days of its discovery in 1976, space enthusiasts were speculating that the structure was man-made and had been built by Martians in the distant past. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac E Posted July 30, 2010 #2 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I'm glad NASA took care of that myth, although I'm sure there will be consipracy theories that live on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted July 30, 2010 #3 Share Posted July 30, 2010 oh, don't puncture our illusions. Anyway, what about the pyramids, eh? What about the pyramids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lcvec Posted July 30, 2010 #4 Share Posted July 30, 2010 It's hard to understand why anyone would build a "face" on a planet anyway...thanks for posting still waters, now hopefully some of the conspiracy theorists will give up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancingtiger Posted July 30, 2010 #5 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I think the most fun I have had in months on the internet was playing with the Mars GPS map. I did not even remember to check for that face until much later. I did not really even bother much even looking. I was to into the planet itself. There is a massive gouge like something ripped into it. I did find a few happy faces inside craters. One I even did a print screen on* above pic, If you go check out the map try the shaded relief, it makes all sorts of things look like they are there, but as soon as you change the view, what you saw is gone. http://jmars.mars.asu.edu/maps/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetpumper Posted July 30, 2010 #6 Share Posted July 30, 2010 (edited) You can see the Mars vegetables clearly in these new shots. Edited July 30, 2010 by Sweetpumper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted July 30, 2010 #7 Share Posted July 30, 2010 You can see the Mars vegetables clearly in these new shots. Ah, I miss him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONTEATUS Posted July 30, 2010 #8 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Ah, I miss him. Yea! Me too We Will just have to Find the Underground City`s on Mars someday When We get to actally Go there ! "Klatu Brando Nickto" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badeskov Posted July 30, 2010 #9 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Ah, I miss him. Yeah... Cheers, Badeskov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmk1245 Posted July 30, 2010 #10 Share Posted July 30, 2010 It's hard to understand why anyone would build a "face" on a planet anyway...thanks for posting still waters, now hopefully some of the conspiracy theorists will give up. Sadly, not those with PS CS3 and other "enhancement" weaponry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmk1245 Posted July 30, 2010 #11 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Ah, I miss him. Who don't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xris Posted July 30, 2010 #12 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Im afraid you guys are too cynical and comical to keep any true believers here for long. You never encourage them , I might try on occassions to play both sides but I see your reactions. You act like circling vultures ready to plunge on your prey. You need to feed it appears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAmbag Posted July 30, 2010 #13 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I think I distinctly remember Tim Robbins and Don Cheadle proving that the limestone-esque face is just covered with a thick layer of dirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_UNKNOWN_DEAD Posted July 30, 2010 #14 Share Posted July 30, 2010 (edited) Im afraid you guys are too cynical and comical to keep any true believers here for long. You never encourage them , I might try on occassions to play both sides but I see your reactions. You act like circling vultures ready to plunge on your prey. You need to feed it appears. Richard Hoagland has made a career and a lot of money on seeing a "face" where there is only a "pile of rocks" on Mars. Damn straight that those who base their thinking on rationality are going to attack junk like this. ...and you just gotta love the first comment on the linked page. Paraphrasing..."How do we know that this is real evidence"? Some are incapable of learning. Edited July 30, 2010 by the_UNKNOWN_DEAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_UNKNOWN_DEAD Posted July 30, 2010 #15 Share Posted July 30, 2010 (edited) deleted double post Edited July 30, 2010 by the_UNKNOWN_DEAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted July 31, 2010 #16 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Im afraid you guys are too cynical and comical to keep any true believers here for long. You never encourage them , I might try on occassions to play both sides but I see your reactions. You act like circling vultures ready to plunge on your prey. You need to feed it appears. Don't encourage them? Holy cow, they don't need much encouragement. Most of the true, true believers are completely impervious to anything anyone says to them anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druidus-Logos Posted July 31, 2010 #17 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Im afraid you guys are too cynical and comical to keep any true believers here for long. You never encourage them , I might try on occassions to play both sides but I see your reactions. You act like circling vultures ready to plunge on your prey. You need to feed it appears. Calling people cynical and comical because they disagree openly with your opinions is actually quite humourous. I mean, really, are you suggesting we should just let people spout off whatever idiocy and foolishness they feel like without defending from a real understanding of reality? There's nothing wrong with being ignorant. Stupidity, willful ignorance, is something completely different, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druidus-Logos Posted July 31, 2010 #18 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Don't encourage them? Holy cow, they don't need much encouragement. Most of the true, true believers are completely impervious to anything anyone says to them anyway. Exactly. I find the same thing. "True believers" are very stubborn, even when they have no reason to be, and no real facts at all. The are quite resistant to any form of logical attack, preferring their squalid ignorance and faith in unproven ideas to reality and true knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONTEATUS Posted July 31, 2010 #19 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Exactly. I find the same thing. "True believers" are very stubborn, even when they have no reason to be, and no real facts at all. The are quite resistant to any form of logical attack, preferring their squalid ignorance and faith in unproven ideas to reality and true knowledge. Sorta Like Believing in Gravity ? If you dont believe in it Try Jumping outta the Airplane! And when you get right up to Reality tell me it dosnt exisist! SPLATTT!!! MAybe these guys Will figure it Out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druidus-Logos Posted July 31, 2010 #20 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Sorta Like Believing in Gravity ? If you dont believe in it Try Jumping outta the Airplane! And when you get right up to Reality tell me it dosnt exisist! SPLATTT!!! MAybe these guys Will figure it Out? It's not whether it exists or not, but what, exactly, it is. Sure it exists, there is SOME sort of effect. But we do have more to learn about it. That's the beauty of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrom901 Posted July 31, 2010 #21 Share Posted July 31, 2010 It's not whether it exists or not, but what, exactly, it is. Sure it exists, there is SOME sort of effect. But we do have more to learn about it. That's the beauty of it. http://www.realitysandwich.com/illusionary_story_gravity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_UNKNOWN_DEAD Posted July 31, 2010 #22 Share Posted July 31, 2010 http://www.realitysandwich.com/illusionary_story_gravity So that is what your avatar is doing...vibrating to defy gravity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrom901 Posted July 31, 2010 #23 Share Posted July 31, 2010 So that is what your avatar is doing...vibrating to defy gravity. that is irrelevant without knowing what it is.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druidus-Logos Posted July 31, 2010 #24 Share Posted July 31, 2010 http://www.realitysandwich.com/illusionary_story_gravity I said there's some sort of effect, not force. Clever, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrom901 Posted July 31, 2010 #25 Share Posted July 31, 2010 I said there's some sort of effect, not force. Clever, though. another constituent of one of matter's properties defy those very laws of 'effect'... but they "force" their force to be ufos... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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