Re: New Mars Global Surveyor Images Of Cydonia Region

hal@finney.org
Fri, 23 Jul 1999 16:18:35 -0700

Larry Klaes, <lklaes@bbn.com>, writes:
> >NEW MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR IMAGES OF CYDONIA REGION > >July 8, 1999

Yes, we already heard about this, when Mac Tonnies wrote, on July 15,

: As you know, the Mars Global Surveyor is circling Mars in its mapping
: capacity. In April of '98 it returned a series of three pictures of the
: Cydonia region, site of the alleged "Face." On July 8 this year it returned
: another hi-resolution shot taken of the "City" area in Cydonia, and so far as
: I can tell it's equipped and ready to take even more shots of some of the
: more interesting formations within the next few months--or even days.

That's what started the recent thread.

For the record, that 10 July image appears to mostly duplicate one of the previous images, although with somewhat better quality. I have the impression they were aiming at the "Fort" but they missed. We'll see if they try again...

Hal