Scientific reasons to land at the "Face" or "Pyramid"?

[phaze]

Help me out here. I would love for NASA to drop a rover near one of those features only for the 'cool pictures' purpose... but other than that, are there any good scientific reasons to land in that area? I don't know much about the region (other than it being an obvious home of an alien civilization ).<br /><br />It has always looked very flat with those obtrusive features - that must indicate something, right?<br /><br />

 

[jcdenton]

Are you referring to the region in the "Face" photo the Viking Orbiter took in 1976? That's a misleading photograph. High-resolution photos of that exact region from the MGS (Mars Global Surveyor) in 1998 reveal that it's nothing but an ordinary mesa with a pile of rocks.<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[jcdenton]

Yeah I saw MTM, didn't really like it though. I enjoyed Red Planet more. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[kmarinas86]

*If* cydonia is unnatural, then it must have been artificial. *If* it is artificial, then aliens must have made it. *If* for any reason known to Yahweh Elohim it is appropriate to alter the "features," the Elohim will do so. The face is destroyed. If you took the viking probe again at the same Sol (Day) at the same angle of inclination etc and took a picture of cydonia, you would not get the same thing. You would see a different image even if the angle of the sun shines the same way on Mars.<br /><br />This is an image of a face made in the fields of chilbolton, england. Whether it is man-made or made by the Elohim, it is done in favor of the Elohim.<br />http://www.greatdreams.com/constellations/chilbolton-alien-face.jpg<br /><br />http://home.sailormoon.com/kmarinas86/cydoniaman2.jpg<br />http://home.sailormoon.com/kmarinas86/cydoniasmile.jpg<br />http://home.sailormoon.com/kmarinas86/chilboltoneyeshadowed.jpg<br />http://home.sailormoon.com/kmarinas86/chilboltonface2.jpg<br /><br />If you look closely, you can see iris and its glimmer (shine) at the top left of the iris. This wouldn't show up if I used gaussian blur.<br /><br />all of these images (and the *lean* steps taken to make them) are from<br />http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=kmarinas86<br /><br />gausian blur destroys information. I used a different photoshop filter which was once refered to as "magic." then he showed me a picture that was blurred. <img src="/images/icons/rolleyes.gif" /><br /><br />as a

 

[CalliArcale]

Scientific reasons to land at Cydonia....<br /><br />Well, it would be interesting to explore the mesas. They may show interesting strata, which is a free look at geologic history. Of course, Valles Marinaris would be good for that too, but Cydonia could prove superior in terms of science return, because it's not as rugged and you won't have to worry quite as much about the signal being cut off by deep canyon walls.<br /><br />Of course, it would still have the problem of lots of things to run into. Landing technology really has to improve first. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[phaze]

I was joking about the alien civilization comment -- but even the most objective and knowledgable of us must have a little curious corner that wouldn't mind dropping a lander nearby.<br /><br />Like I said, if only for the cool pictures.