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image: Mars Face, Nighttime Infrared
http://www.electricwarrior.com/mol/MarsFaceNight.jpg

(The Electric Warrior) - Mars anomaly researchers
who have been clamoring for a nighttime infrared
image of Cydonia got their wish today, just in time
for Halloween.

So what does this thing look like at night and why
is it important? In this image, the notorious Face
on Mars is very difficult to distinguish from the
surrounding terrain, unless you know where to look.
Mars anomaly researchers hope that a nighttime
infrared image will provide clues about whether
or not the landform is artificial, indicating the
presence of extraterrestrial intelligence beyond
Earth.

The Face is circled in the photo that accompanies
this blog.

The feature is much easier to see during the day
in a photo shown side-by-side with this new THEMIS
data. According to the Arizona State University
team, "This knob can be seen in the daytime image
because of the temperature differences between the
sunlit (warm and bright) and shadowed (cold and dark)
slopes."

The online ASU article concludes that recent NASA
missions like Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey
have provided detailed views of the hill which show
that it is a normal geologic feature.

Mars Cydonia researchers have awaited this nighttime
image to see if it reveals anything peculiar.
Electric warriors await further analysis.

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31-Oct-02
The so-called 'Face on Mars' at night
http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20021031A.html

(NASA/ASU) - This pair of THEMIS infrared images
shows the so-called "face on Mars" landform viewed
during both the day and night. The nighttime THEMIS
IR image was acquired on Oct. 24, 2002; the daytime
image was originally released on July 24, 2002...
Since that time the Mars Orbiter Camera on the Mars
Global Surveyor spacecraft and the THEMIS visible
and infrared cameras on Mars Odyssey have provided
detailed views of this hill that clearly show that
it is a normal geologic feature.

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THE ELECTRIC WARRIOR
October 31, 2002
Silicon Valley, CA
http://www.electricwarrior.com

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The Mars Nighttime Infrared image is courtesy of
NASA/JPL/ASU

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