Image:HiRISE face.jpg

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Summary

Popular Landform in Cydonia Mensae (PSP_003234_2210), also known as the "face" on Mars at 0.2m/pixel, captured by the HiRISE telescope camera on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The image is rotated 180 degrees from the original 1976 image (it is upside down).

April 11, 2007

This version is not map projected, has been cropped, and the curves were adjusted slightly to bring out detail in the shadowed areas. The original image can be found at http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_003234_2210:

http://hirise-pds.lpl.arizona.edu/PDS/EXTRAS/RDR/PSP/ORB_003200_003299/PSP_003234_2210/PSP_003234_2210_RED.NOMAP.browse.jpg

A map projected version is available at http://hirise-pds.lpl.arizona.edu/PDS/EXTRAS/RDR/PSP/ORB_003200_003299/PSP_003234_2210/PSP_003234_2210_RED.abrowse.jpg.

credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

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current 05:40, 25 February 2008 1,277×958 (492 KB) Earthsound ( Talk | contribs) (Popular Landform in Cydonia Region (PSP_003234_2210), also known as the "face" on Mars at 0.2m/pixel, captured by the HiRISE telescope camera on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. April 11, 2007 This version has been cropped and the curves were adjusted )
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