The Face on Mars
The face on Mars the conspiracy theorists pointed to as some cover-up is no far more. The HiRiSE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took a close in hi-res image of the same location and it looks totally distinct.
Back in 1976 when the Viking1 took images searching for a very good landing spot for Viking2 NASA said “it’s just a mesa”. Oh no, the conspiracy groups were hot on it, gotta love ‘em though â they’re colorful and nobody truly takes them seriously.
The image above is the Viking1 graphic and in the event you click it you’ll get to see the new 1 from the MRO. To see the Viking one particular picture with NASA caption – click right here. To determine the MRO graphic and image data – click here.
This isn’t the initial photographic proof the “faces are genuinely nothing” and this isn’t even my favorite. This 1 is, taken back in 2001 by the Mars Global Surveyor.
Note: We are hearing all over the news about the stupendous northern (and southern) lights that will be coming our way tonight and tomorrow night. Turns out there had been two CME’s and there is indeed a possibility of a major geomagnetic storm, much more likely we will see minor storm conditions, so yes we will see the aurora (if the darned clouds go away), but how far south they will probably be visible is difficult to say.
So far we have no unusual activity, but which is going to change rather suddenly. Keep an eye on this chart, it updates every three hours and when the top graph lines go to red (indicating a value of 5 or 6) we’re in conditions favorable for the Aurora. Around here, a value of 6 is pretty much a certain sign I can see the aurora (at 43 N latitude). If the chart goes to a blue bar, go outside and look because who knows you could see them even should you are south of 43 N or north of 43 S latitude you may see them. Up right here, an worth of 7 to 9 will make the lights horizon to horizon and bright.
