What these images revealed is that NASA's first assessment was correct. In April 1998, NASA flew the Mars Global Surveyor over Cydonia and managed to capture more images of the region. We weren't to see another photo of the region for more than 20 years. Image of the mesa taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2007.
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It made appearances in TV shows "The X-Files" and "Futurama", video games "Final Fantasy IV" and "XCOM", the comic book "Martian Manhunter" and others. It appeared in radio shows, talk shows, tabloid papers, books and websites. This didn't stop rumours flying thick and fast that the face was evidence for life on Mars - life NASA was covering up. "The huge rock formation in the centre, which resembles a human head, is formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose and mouth," the caption read.
NASA scientists at the time believed that the face was an illusion caused by shadows and pareidolia (when the mind mistakenly perceives a familiar pattern), and when they revealed the picture back in 1976, they captioned it as such. Taken over the Cydonia region of Mars, the image shows what seems to be a giant humanoid face, carved out of or even built onto the surface of Mars. The picture, of course, is the famous "Face on Mars" picture, taken by the Viking 1 spacecraft as it made its way to the Red Planet. But a photograph taken on 25 July 1976, 40 years ago Monday, led many to believe we might eventually find it much closer to our own back door. The search for extraterrestrial life has so far turned up no positive results.
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