2006-09-21

Face Falls Flat

The famous image of the "face" on Mars explained by NASA as bit map errors.

"The speckled appearance of the image is due to missing data, called bit errors, caused by problems in transmission of the photographic data from Mars to Earth. Bit errors comprise part of one of the 'eyes' and 'nostrils' on the eroded rock that resembles a human face near the center of the image. Shadows in the rock formation give the illusion of a nose and mouth. Planetary geologists attribute the origin of the formation to purely natural processes."

The newest images depict a lovely hill formation that resembles... a hill.

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