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Popular Landform in Cydonia Region
Popular Landform in Cydonia Region
 Media credit: Image courtesy NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

 Observation ID
PSP_003234_2210

Release date

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11 April 2007

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HiRISE captured this image (in 2007) of an eroded mesa made famous by its similarity to a human face in a Viking Orbiter image with much lower spatial resolution and a different lighting geometry.

Compared to the original Viking image, HiRISE shows incredible detail, even from 300 kilometers above the surface.

Observation Geometry

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