"Trailer Park" ~ Cydonia, Mars

interpreted and rendered image from 3 D model (not to scale) - by rupert r. chappelle

“Trailer Park” ~ Cydonia Mars
anomalous image data below the “face”

to go to the NASA Cydonia site where this image
was downloaded from, click on the long image on the right.

Have any NASA folks noticed this yet? (April 8, 1998)

Congratulations
upon your momentous discovery—NASA, JPL, etc.
Evidence of a possibly unnatural series of possible structures
aligned in a straight line on the planet MARS.

Hip Hip Hooray!
Of course it really is probably just a trick of light and shadow.

Now are these ours or theirs?

While others were either saying that the “face” was clearly not there or complaining about NASA’s poor imagery and hinting at conspiracy, I decided to look elsewhere on the image. About two thirds of the way down the long enhanced image below the mesa that looks like the island of Sri Lanka there is a small crater. To the right and above the crater is a natural ridge—below that is something of interest.

A straight line is visible aligned to the center of the crater and extending outward at about 2 O’Clock. The line consists of about 22 oblong (sort of rectangular) objects of similar size (who can tell with the noise and resolution) which all appear to be aligned at a 90 degree angle to the line which they appear to form. The line appears to be about a quarter of a mile long which is just a guess based on the face being about a mile across. Could this be a natural formation?

It makes me think of a trailer park or a truck stop. It even has a couple of open slots. Wonder how much they charge for an RV hookup? Considering the amount of noise and lack of bit resolution, it is hard to make strong case for any valid interpretation of these objects until a more detailed image is made. Of particular interest is that there is no indication of this feature on the earlier images. While it would be impossible for the individual objects to be resolved, one might expect a thin line or even lightening of pixels in that area. Is this a recent addition to the area?

Could this be the place where the demolition crew that trashed the face called home?

Just kidding.

No, really, I am just kidding, really.

Theories Concerning the Nature of the Row

What I believe about the “face” is that the new image is not visually inconsistant with the older images and suggest that the effect is due to light and shadow. I believe that another picture of the “face” with similar lighting will produce a similar effect. Softening that image would likely yield a more “facelike” appearance.

Curiously, the current evidence supports both sides of the argument—that’s science.

negative image with
contrast and lightness manipulation.

Unless noted the images are straight from the NASA enhanced Cydonia image located at:
http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/target/CYD1/index.html

QuickTime Movie of a computer animation of the site—1346 K file.

M.A.R.S. Base—the Hollywood treatment.

Others have also spotted this anomaly with a web pages at:

http://www.bemyguest.com/mars/platform_dolphin.html

a very nice comparison of the ridge to a dolphin, but the suggestions of its origin are a bit over the edge—in my opinion. I believe the “Dolphin” is a natural feature.

On Improbable Claims - Tom Van Flandern

an excellent article about the symmetry and features of the “face” with a mention of the row of objects described as “. . . uniform parallel white strips . . . ”
Selected Subfields From April 5, 1998 Cydonia Flyover
same site as the above article with an image of this same anomaly. Van Flandern calls it the “Comb.” he says he was tempted to call it the “Parking Lot.”

NEWLY DISCOVERED ANOMALY FROM ORBIT 1
Unexplained "Tracks" Found South of Face

McDaniel Report’s page on the row with comments from geologist Harry Moore. Special thanks to Don Savage of NASA for pointing this page out to me.

Richard Hoagland ~ Fraud, or Human Error? Here's some evidence.

Two One Quarter Pyramids?
Pentagonal Arrangement of Mounds?
Does a hill rotate in the City Square?
On the dificulty of finding man-made objects.

Montgomery College Planetarium
myhouse.com
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