' Gandhi's face etched on Mars'

[Spring Onion]

Mahatma Gandhi's face etched on Mars
PTI | Jun 13, 2011, 07.48pm IST

LONDON: An Italian space buff has claimed to have spotted the face of Mahatma Gandhi etched into the the rocks of Mars while scanning through latest pictures of the Red Planet.

Matteo Lanneo was surveying the amazing pictures sent from Europe's Mars Orbiter back to Earth when he came across this uncanny resemblance to the father of the Indian nation, Daily Mail reported.

The head appears to have a moustache and shaven head and prominent eyebrows, just like Mahatma Gandhi, it quoted Lanneo as saying.

It is not the first time that a face has been spotted on Mars.

In July 1976, the American Viking 1 Orbiter took a photograph that appeared to show a hill in the shape of a human face on the dusty surface of Mars.

Within days of its discovery in 1976, space enthusiasts were speculating that the structure was man-made and had been built by Martians in the distant past.

However, an image taken with Nasa's high-definition HiRISE camera in 2010 showed the face was just a large, rocky hill.

Seeing faces on Mars is a case of pareidolia - where a random stimulus is perceived as having significance, be it a symbol seen in a cloud or a face on a piece of toast.

Scientists theorize the phenomenon occurs because humans are hardwired to recognise familiar objects as a survival technique, the report said.

ESA's Mars Express has just celebrated its eighth years in space. The Orbiter takes high-resolution images and maps the minerals on the surface. It also explores the subsurface using radar.
Mahatma Gandhi's face etched on Mars - The Times of India

 

[WARRANT]

it doesnt look like gandhi to me.. if true gandhi is from mars

 

[WARRANT]

Face on Mars - Gandhi's profile 'appears' on Red Planet | Mail Online

 

[Spring Onion]

it doesnt look like gandhi to me.. if true gandhi is from mars

all men are from Mars

 

[ashokdeiva]

This is some graphic art work and some one has started a thread on it.

 

[alphamale]

NASA ppl don't come up with anything good for which they spend dollars i.e- finding life or any evidence of life on other planets. bas sirf ulti sidhi kabren dete rehte hai

 

[WARRANT]

This is some graphic art work and some one has started a thread on it.

Dude its all over in news .. use the goooooogle.

 

[Developereo]

It's the guy on the right.

 

[Spring Onion]

This is some graphic art work and some one has started a thread on it.

wake up. wake up

 

[Roybot]

 

[nForce]

all men are from Mars

and all women are from venus

 

[Leader]

all men are from Mars

and all women from venus

 

[SivHp]

A European Space Agency satellite flying by Mars sent back pictures that some say show Mahatma Gandhi’s face on the far-away planet, even though that image looks way more like Vladimir Lenin.

Of course that’s not really Gandhi — or Lenin — nor is it the first time someone has spotted a “face” on Mars. As The Daily Mail points out, amateur astronomers in 1976 claimed to see a human face in the heavens, but more recent and high-resolution pictures reveal it was nothing more than space dust.

Humans have a tendency to project human faces onto decidedly inhuman things. It’s a phenomenon called pareidolia.

When that optical illusion strays into religious territory — such as when people imagine they see Jesus in a tortilla — it’s called “simulacra.”

Such mirages could also be called “wishful thinking,” a “totally righteous trip” or “slow news day.”

 

[Spring Onion]

and all women are from venus

and all women from venus

off course do you have any doubt

 

[Leader]

and all women are from venus

you were quick, I hate the fact that I was thinking what an indian was thinking !! eerrrr..... just kidding