Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Mars Express Close-Up of the Face on Mars
Explanation:
Wouldn't it be fun if clouds [ http://www-airs.jpl…] were turtles [ http://en.wikipedia…]? Wouldn't it be fun if the laundry on the bedroom chair was a friendly monster [ http://www.wsu.edu/…]? Wouldn't it be fun if rock mesas on Mars [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] were faces or interplanetary monuments? Clouds [ http://seaborg.nmu.…], though, are small water droplets, floating on air. Laundry is cotton [ http://www.cotton.o…], wool [ http://en.wikipedia…], or plastic [ http://www.plastics…], woven into garments. Famous Martian rock mesas [ http://en.wikipedia…] known by names like the Face on Mars [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] appear quite natural [ http://science.nasa…] when seen more clearly, as the above recently-released digital-perspective image [ http://www.esa.int/…] shows. Is reality boring [ http://bb.nightskyl…]?

Nobody knows how clouds make lightning [ http://thunder.msfc…]. Nobody knows the geological history [ http://calspace.ucs…] of Mars [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Nobody knows why the laundry on the bedroom chair smells like root beer [ http://www.rootbeer…]. Understanding reality brings more questions. Mystery [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and adventure [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] are never far behind. Perhaps fun [ http://starchild.gs…StarChild/StarChild. html ] and discovery [ http://discovery.na…] are just beginning [ http://science.hq.n…].
Credit and Copyright:
G. Neukum [ http://www.esa.int/…] (FU Berlin [ http://www.fu-berli…]) et al., Mars Express [ http://www.esa.int/…SEMVQ95V9ED_0.html ], DLR [ http://www.dlr.de/p…]; Malin Space Science Systems [ http://www.msss.com/], MOC [ http://mpfwww.jpl.n…]
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Berlin
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where:
Washington, D.C.
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
AIRS
facet_what:
Mars Express
facet_what:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter (MGS)
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap060925

Mars Express Close-Up of the Face on Mars
Add To Workspace Export