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Nature 443, 379 (28 September 2006) | doi:10.1038/443379a; Published online 27 September 2006
Snapshot: Face facts
Jenny Hogan
In a picture of Mars taken by the Viking 1 orbiter in 1976 (inset), sunlight caught this hill in a way that it made it look like a shadowy face. Here, the European craft Mars Express reveals it is nothing more than a lumpy rock — as scientists argued all along.
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