Mark Carlotto concluded that facial features may indeed be artificial.įigure 5: Bearded Profile with Avian Headdress. Tom Van Flandern and an electrical engineer with an expertise in digital imaging Dr. With the release of higher resolution pictures of the formation, provided by the NASA’s Mars global surveyor (MGS) in 1998 ( Figure.1.center) and 2001 ( Figure.1.right), a former orbital imaging specialist for the US Naval Observatory, Dr. He saw a humanoid visage on the western side and a feline visage on the eastern side mush like the human-feline masks produced throughout Mesoamerica. Richard Hoagland maintained that the face was not human, but was a bifurcated mask. Beyond NASA’s initial claim that the facial features were natural and the results of “a trick of light and shadow,” some independent researchers suspected the formation to be artificial. One anomalous mesa in the Cydonia region caught the attention of NASA scientists that had an uncanny resemblance to a human head, known as the famous face on Mars, a large, rectangular mesa approximately 2.5 km long appeared to have facial features, showing an eye, nose, and mouth ( Figure.1. The Viking I and Viking II orbiters obtained thousands of images of the Martian surface between 19 that covered the entire planet. Mars Utopia planiti Geoglyph Viking lord Avian Artifacts Mars odyssey Mars reconnaissance orbiter Introduction Further study and a request for additional images of these facial components are also encouraged. A terrestrial comparison of aesthetic and iconographic motifs is investigated. The claim of intelligent design is offered and a geologist and geoscientist examine natural mechanisms that could contribute to the formation of these features. When taken together these facial components induce the visual impression of left facing portrait of a beaded male wearing an avian-shaped headdress. The headdress consists of a large wing with an attached avian head, beak and neck. The facial features include a recessed eye socket, nose, mouth, mustache and beard. The images reveal a sculpted rendering of bearded portrait of a human face with an avian headdress. The formation is presented in four NASA images provided by the Mars Odyssey (MO) and Mars reconnaissance orbiter (MRO) spacecraft. This is an analysis of a facial formation set within an impact crater located in the Utopia Planitia region of Mars. Bearded Profile with Avian Headdress within the Southeast-Facing Slope of an Impact Craterin the Utopia Planitia Region of Mars. Received: SeptemAccepted: OctoPublished: November 15, 2016Ĭitation: Haas GJ, Saunders WR, Miller JS, et al.

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