Despite the patronizing and dismissive caption (below) I was pleased to have a friend send me the website featuring this picture of the face on Mars. Don’t know about you, but to me it looks like artificial sculpting of a natural feature.
Mars Express Close-Up of the Face on Mars
Credit: G. Neukum (FU Berlin) et al., Mars Express, DLR; Malin Space Science Systems, MOC
Explanation: Wouldn’t it be fun if clouds were turtles? Wouldn’t it be fun if the laundry on the bedroom chair was a friendly monster? Wouldn’t it be fun if rock mesas on Mars were faces or interplanetary monuments? Clouds, though, are small water droplets, floating on air. Laundry is cotton, wool, or plastic, woven into garments. Famous Martian rock mesas known by names like the Face on Mars appear quite natural when seen more clearly, as the above recently-released digital-perspective image shows. Is reality boring?
Nobody knows how clouds make lightning. Nobody knows the geological history of Mars. Nobody knows why the laundry on the bedroom chair smells like root beer. Understanding reality brings more questions. Mystery and adventure are never far behind. Perhaps fun and discovery are just beginning.