# A New Face on Mars! **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 5, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-face-on-mars/146797 "2003-01-05T18:40:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-face-on-mars/146797/1 "2003-01-05T18:40:36Z")
Somebody call Richard Hoagland. I was digging through some NASA images of Mars, and I discovered [this image](http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0210/marsgullies42_mgs_big.jpg). Scroll down to the bottom right hand quarter of the picture, and look carefully. The face is unmistakable. Since this is great debates, let me form this as a question: Is this the likeness of [Deputy Dawg](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1029.php), or what? ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-face-on-mars/146797/2 "2003-01-05T18:51:12Z")
Something tells me this thread’ll get moved quickly… I saw a footprint in the mountain more than a face and you know what a big footprint means… ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-face-on-mars/146797/3 "2003-01-05T18:55:01Z")
Oh my God. Bigfoot killed Deputy Dawg. I thought of putting this somewhere else, but hell, this face on mars crap comes up enough here in GD, and I thought some of the regulars could use a little levity, while at the same time showing how stupid these ‘face on mars’ proponents are. I don’t think anyone who knows me would take this seriously. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-face-on-mars/146797/4 "2003-01-05T19:41:21Z")
I think it just looks like an ordinary, run-of-the-mill, non-deputized dawg. BTW, do you have a link to a picture that isn’t quite so huge? My modem doesn’t exactly provide the highest-speed Internet connection in existence, and after the picture is downloaded IE 6.0 just shrinks it to fit within the browser’s boundaries anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-face-on-mars/146797/5 "2003-01-05T19:47:28Z")
Sure. It was the [Astronomy Picture of the Day](http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021024.html) a while ago. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-face-on-mars/146797/6 "2003-01-05T19:56:40Z")
The pic’s startling resemblance to an Afghan hound has caused me to rethink my entire weltanschaung. Yes, the Truth has Dawned, and I am leaving tomorrow to join Hoagland in his quest to force NASA to tell the truth. _The Voice of One crying in the wilderness, “There are Afghan hounds on Mars!”_ I note that in the smaller version of the pic, the resemblance to an Afghan hound is strangely muted…Hmm, no doubt those Evil NASA Eggheads are behind this… ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-face-on-mars/146797/7 "2003-01-05T20:25:21Z")
Now we’ll have to send Gary Sinise, Connie Nelson and that black guy from _Traffic_ to check it out. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-face-on-mars/146797/8 "2003-01-06T03:30:52Z")
I CAN’T SEE IT!!! Is it like some of those 3-D drawings where you have to put your face 30cm away from the screen or something??? ARRRGGGHHH!!! …anyway, for those who are interested…[…more face’s on Mars…](http://members.aol.com/tbskep/Mars_morefaces.html) ---
**Author:** ![GOM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@GOM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GOM)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-face-on-mars/146797/9 "2003-01-11T20:55:05Z")
🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-face-on-mars/146797/10 "2003-01-12T01:27:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Banquet Bear \* > \*\*I CAN’T SEE IT!!! > > Is it like some of those 3-D drawings where you have to put your face 30cm away from the screen or something??? > > ARRRGGGHHH!!! > > …anyway, for those who are interested…[…more face’s on Mars…](http://members.aol.com/tbskep/Mars_morefaces.html) \*\* I’m pretty sure it’s not, simply because I was the only one I knew who could never see it. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-face-on-mars/146797/11 "2003-01-12T01:47:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HPL \* > \*\*I’m pretty sure it’s not, simply because I was the only one I knew who could never see it. \*\* Er, I meant I could never see those stupid Magic Eye pictures. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-face-on-mars/146797/12 "2003-01-12T02:29:14Z")
Here, try this website. There’s a blowup of the area in question. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-face-on-mars/146797/13 "2003-01-12T05:17:45Z")
I think it looks more like Tommy Lee Jones. ---
**Author:** ![Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ben)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-face-on-mars/146797/14 "2003-01-12T06:20:01Z")
Them Martians got real pointy heads, don’t they? ---
**Author:** ![kebbyrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@kebbyrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kebbyrd)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-face-on-mars/146797/15 "2003-01-12T06:32:58Z")
Someone please alert seethruart. ---
**Author:** ![jack\_ss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@jack\_ss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jack_ss)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-face-on-mars/146797/16 "2003-01-12T06:35:40Z")
I thought it was an Easter Island head. Richard Hoagland, meet Erich von Daniken. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-face-on-mars/146797/17 "2003-01-12T06:37:12Z")
These are all fine answers. It’s all very zen. ---
**Author:** ![g8rguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@g8rguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/g8rguy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-face-on-mars/146797/18 "2003-01-12T06:41:14Z")
_snertle_ ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-face-on-mars/146797/19 "2003-01-12T17:07:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kebbyrd \* > \*\*Someone please alert seethruart. \*\* **seethruart** has probably already decided that the pictures of the surface of Mars were _faked_, and were actually pictures of the surface of the Moon taken through a red-tinted lens. His proof will be to show how, if you take one little corner of that picture of the “Deputy Dawg” formation, and blow it up via Photoshop 'way beyond the limits of the picture’s own resolution, you’ll see something that **seethruart** will claim is a space shuttle (which he has also “seen” in pictures of the Moon, thereby proving that this also must be a picture of the Moon, get it?).