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1. Anon
   June 27th, 2008 at 10:01 am

   Sorry to pick nits, but all the things (save the smiley face) that are represented in these pics “naturally occur in nature”. People do occur in nature, as do mushrooms.
   Thank you.
   Carry on.

2. PaulVI
   June 27th, 2008 at 11:35 am

   “Man Sitting on Rock” - only 2 inches tall, therefore, it’s just “artifact”, not Martian art? Don’t we make art of all sizes, “small” and “very small” included? Cover-up! There’s Martians in them thar hills!

   RE: “naturally occur in nature” — as opposed to synthesized, arranged, devised, created by a sentient being. When we say that a food contains chemicals, we don’t mean water, which is chemically H20, but synthesized, engineered molecules like polysorbate 80. People occur in nature, but their creations do not (e.g. polysorbate 80, golf clubs, ball pens). That is what is meant, IMHO.

   Now you can carry on.

3. gabriel amadeus
   June 27th, 2008 at 11:44 am

   Don’t forget Monkey Face at Smith Rock in Terrebone, OR.
   http://flickr.com/photos/holidaysnaps/1465546091/

4. Bonnie
   June 27th, 2008 at 12:10 pm

   You also can’t forget the Stone Mother at Pyramid Lake, NV. There’s even a whole creation myth centered around her. http://www.crosbylodge.com/pyramid_lake/pl_map_stonemother.htm

5. Thomas
   June 27th, 2008 at 12:17 pm

   I’m sure the Badlands Guardian is just the worlds oldest and most elaborate iPod advertisement.

6. Susano
   June 27th, 2008 at 12:19 pm

   The Galle crater on Mars appeared in the graphic novel “Watchmen” (1987).

7. Greg
   June 27th, 2008 at 12:29 pm

   We see these things because the human eye and brain are trained to pick out faces and other human like body parts, its evolutionary. People see faces in houses all the time or perhaps they see a face in their coffee. No aliens!

8. EP
   June 27th, 2008 at 2:27 pm

   I agree with Greg. The Cydonya Mensae is the perfect example. That picture wouldn´t have been the same two hours later.

9. Edie
   June 27th, 2008 at 7:18 pm

   You might be interested in this Flickr group:

   http://www.flickr.com/groups/429100@N24/pool/

   “Rock Formations” has images from all over the world of unusual rocks, including mushrooms, faces, hoodoos, and waves. Yes, waves.

   Enjoy!

10. mrsmokeybear
    June 28th, 2008 at 5:04 am

    I think this is called indian rock

    It is in the mountains on the road out of Yosemite

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/69921224@N00/19766008/sizes/l/

11. Diogenes
    June 28th, 2008 at 10:03 pm

    i think only formations on earth should be considered natural.

    plus, most all of these look completely different from other angles and in 3 dimensions and the direction of the light pushing out different shadows.

    camel rock in NM looks like a camel resting from any side.

    a potato chip looks like abe lincoln. Natural formation?

12. Some Canadian Skeptic
    June 29th, 2008 at 1:43 am

    As for the ‘face on mars” thing, Richard Hoagland is one of the most fraudulent pseudo-scientists I can imagine. The image above is from the Cydonia region of Mars, and it has since been photographed in Hi-resolution, and has been mapped in 3-D….it looks NOTHING like a face.

    One of the posters above, ‘Greg’ hit the nail on the head: Or brains are designed to look for pattens in chaotic images, a phenomenon called ‘paredolia’.

    I think the author of this entry was being a bit coy when describing Hoagland’s site as “entertaining”. That, it surely is.

13. Tempscire
    June 29th, 2008 at 5:34 pm

    Well, for some reason, Neatorama ate the post I tried to make yesterday, and now Some Canadian Skeptic has made me points for me.

    Anyway, last I had heard, the face on Mars wasn’t corroborated by subsequent pictures.

14. Diogenes
    June 29th, 2008 at 9:12 pm

    the face on mars is actually a potato chip being eaten by the little man on mars.

    somebody had to tell them.

15. mkultra
    June 30th, 2008 at 10:43 am

    NASA has presented numerous images purporting to prove the cydonia face is just rocks and shadows. And perhaps it is. Unfortunately NASA’s credibility is greatly diminished by the fact the the “proof” images have been heavily altered, or in some cases are actually photos of completely different areas on Mars. I don’t know if it is a face or not, but don’t be too quick to trust NASA outright, they’ve been caught lying on numerous occasions.

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