Facility Man

[Marsrocks]

Paul McLeod discovered a feature generally called "The Facility." Closer imaging by MOC, CTX, and Hirise probe that it is not a building as had been projected. There is an interesting face image nearby that I am calling the "Facility Man."

The closest coordinate estimate I can give you for Google Earth Mars is:

6°54'31.08"S 75°16'16.18"W

Here is the MOC image that got the original attention:

ida.wr.usgs.gov/html/ab1084/ab108405.html

A later one tended to disprove its anomalous appearance:
S0500534, located at www.msss.com/moc_gallery/s05_s10/images/S05/S0500534.html


These are the CTX images of it, (be sure and download the jp2 for best resolution):

viewer.mars.asu.edu/planetview/inst/ctx/P18_008168_1733_XI_06S075W#start

viewer.mars.asu.edu/planetview/inst/ctx/T01_000836_1739_XN_06S075W#start

And here are the Hirise images of it:

hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_011372_1730

hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_012295_1730 (stereo pair)

Here is a distant view from the Hirise image of the Facility (it is located on the extreme left side of the image):


Closer:



Closer:



And this is the location of the face I call "Facility Man."

[Marsrocks]

These are the images that highlight my interpretation of it:




















Ghoulish mask:

[rota]

Interesting! That hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_011372_1730, is the same image I found my "old man by the cave" image. It was in a different location higher up in the image.