IS THIS THE SAME FACE?
Editorial by Kynthia
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On April 5 1998, when the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) re-imaged the Face after over twenty years, a controversy erupted that has felt at times like a war, for many of us involved. On Planetary Mysteries I received and continue to receive many angry emails from the public, claiming that NASA "somehow destroyed the Face!" In March of 2000, I wrote an editorial, Proof that NASA Did Not Blow up the Face! (with a link from the Enterprise Mission) refuting the suggestion by some that NASA had even used a nuclear device. My first MGS MarsFace Sculpture, a 3D analog in clay of the MGS Face image (MOC-22003) proves conclusively that this simply is not so. The Sculpture demonstrates that it is possible to use subtleties in structure to sculpt with "the movement of the light source" -- just as the ancients did in the Andes mountains on a high plateau called "Marcahuasi." It is time we put to rest the notion that the MGS images are somehow not authentic, because "at first glance" they don't seem to match the early Viking images of the Face. This is a distraction from examining the contents of the MGS images and exploring now the larger significance of such a find. While we are focused outside, still endlessly debating "but is it ‘real?!,’" the implications from our deeper awareness within are rapidly approaching critical mass. We now need to pay attention to and consider the significance of "the Face" as a real work of art -- and (since, at least a part of it looks like "us," or "what we once were") ponder deeply its relationship to us. The real question is no longer, "is it real?" The real question is: "What are we to It … and It to us?" This of course will lead us to the even more important question: "What are we to each other -- and how do we approach, encounter and interact with our own multidimensional selves … in an increasingly demonstrable multidimensional Universe, where such extraordinary monuments — at least one apparently to us -- can actually exist on the surface of a nearby planet?" The light studies on the Sculpture (seen below) demonstrate that: 1- Even though the lighting changes so dramatically, the visage of the Face -- this latest MGS image (E03-00824) -- is nonetheless an authentic NASA photo of the Face on Mars. 2.-
The
"changes"
in
appearance
are
due
to
the
movement
of
sunlight
and
are
most
likely
deliberate,
designed
by
the
"builders"
to
do
just
that.
See
Sunrise/Sunset
movie
of
Kynthia's
Sculpture
When I first presented my initial findings regarding the MGS Mars Face sculpture (in a 1998 slide show at the Albuquerque Cydonia Conference, at the University of New Mexico together with David Kepkie's and his 3D CAD Model), we both demonstrated the effects of this critical "movement of the light." We proved conclusively how even small changes in lighting angle can dramatically alter the overall appearance of the Face -- at times making even the mouth appear to disappear. 3- The asymmetry of the new MGS Face is in faithful alignment with the Viking data. THE MGS images CONFIRM my prediction. This composite was made #1 - #12 before the latest (E03-00824) image, #13 - 15 was added (E03-00824).
THE BOTTOM LINE EVERYTHING
THAT
IS
IN
THE
VIKING
PHOTOS 1- In the initial MGS ’98 image (MOC-22003), no matter how faint (lacking in contrast) its first appearance on the scene, I could see lines and information that confirmed what I was seeing in the Viking high sun angle, and had actually included in my original sculpture. 2-When I incorporated the ’98 MGS data into the revised sculpture -- by simply rotating the light source, I could then accurately duplicate all three NASA sun angles (BOTH NASA VIKING IMAGES, AND THE ’98 MGS IMAGE 22003). NOTHING IS LOST FROM THE VIKING IMAGES IN THE MGS IMAGE. While I do believe that NASA has not always been forthcoming in delivering the images on time or in the best resolution with all the data associated; I am convinced beyond a doubt that all of the MGS images we have seen are consistent with the original Viking data. If this were not so, it would be impossible to identify key "control points" on each succeeding image, that match perfectly with the original two Viking frames. Below are images of the original NASA data [the two Viking images (hi and lo)], the orthorectified MGS by Dr. Mark J. Carlotto & Kynthia (MOC-22003), and the latest full face MGS (E03-00824). The blurred images of the sculpture are a way of "back engineering" to replicate the low resolution of the original Viking images. Compare the details carefully, and then come to your own conclusion: has NASA tampered with this evidence? Or, is this just another distraction to keep us from considering the more profound, authentic mystery … the ultimate meaning of the Face on Mars?
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| While all the Viking data appears to be in the MGS images, there is one noteworthy discrepancy between the MGS images: the nostril (depicted by the yellow arc below) that appeared in the original MGS (MOC-22003) and orthorectified MGS (MOC-22003) has disappeared from latest MGS (E03-00824). This could be because the illusion of a nostril was created by the light grazing the curve of the nose in the original MGS (MOC-22003) and then being "expanded" in the orthorecified version OR that NASA actually cloned it out of existence because it was too telling. I admit that I am not certain which it is, however in the original MGS (MOC-22003), even before it is orthorectified, there appears a very distinct ridge creating the right nostril which I can find no trace of in this latest MGS (E03-00824). |
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