-=>> Quoting Mark Lewis to Ross Sauer <=-
 RS>
 RS>> BTW, I am laughing my head off at the "face on Mars" people
 RS>> like Richard Hoagland, now that he's been PROVEN to be simply
 RS>> full of it.
 ML>>
 ML>> you still can't really say that... we already know that there are
 ML>> extremely  high winds and sandstorms on mars... what's to say that that
 ML>> area hasn't  undergone some extremely damaging weather since viking was
 ML>> there?
 RS>
 RS> Not enough to erase the "face" in only 20 years.
sure it could depending on the makeup of the terrain... consider a crater 
that fills with sand... one day a hole in the ground and a few years later, 
no hole... or a thin shale layer that has worn through due to the sandblast 
effects of a major sandstorm... it the layer(s) below the shale layer are 
soft (or even sand) they would be blown away and highly distroted after a 
while...
my point is that one should remain open to the possibilities... ever wonder 
what the Great Pyramid and surrounding area looks like from space? what about 
in a few more centuries when the sand storms have worn it down some more? 
what about the sphinx? its face is already erroded pretty badly... imagine a 
time period in our future when there is no more face on it. what would people 
say then if they were told that there was a face on it years and years ago?
 RS> No, it was simply a screwup based on a poor resolution
 RS> picture. What would the area you live in look like from
 RS> the air, based on a photo with resolution of 1 mile?
agreed... and i'm not disputing the thought that many may have jumped the gun 
based on wishful thinking based on a poor resolution picture... one should 
note that it is still possible to see the "face" if one looks carefully 
enough... 20 years is a long time when one sits in a 10 year long sandstorm 

 ML>> there will be no _proof_ until we actually land a man on mars and
 ML>> detailed  inspection of the area is made...
 RS>
 RS> Even then the screwballs will yell "coverup!" :-(
and other screwballs will yell "you're seeing things!" :-(
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