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Re: the Happyface on Mars

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From: Doug S. Caprette Bldg. 28 W191 x...
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 14:54
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In article <1992Nov1.232545.9121@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com> mccreary@sword.eng.hou.compaq.com (Ed McCreary) writes:
>Well, I'm happy, I received my Mars CDROMs in just the other
>day.  I like to find the images that show the "Happyface" on
>mars and the Kermit the Frog.  If anyone has either the Lat/Long.
>or the image id of the pics, I'd appreciate hearing from you.
>
>I've got the both the raw and the MDIM sets.
>
>

Well, I don't know where the smiley face and kermit are, but
if the images you have are from Viking, I can direct you to 
the following picnell numbers:

The infamous Cydonia Face at Latitude 41 N Longitude 9 
35A72 and 70A13

The similar Utopia Face 
86A10

'Islets in the stream'  
4A50, 4A51, 4A52, 4A53, and 4A54

The Waterspout
775A10 and 775A11  or
77A10 and 77A11  (one is probably a misprint)

And the ~600m structure on the blanket of crater ejecta (crater pyramid)
43A01, 43A02, 43A03, and 43A04
(Please note that the word structure does not imply unnatural origin.)

The picnell number breaks down as follows:

(orbit number) (camera ID) (frame number)

Thus the first Cydonia picture above was the 72nd frame taken with
camera A on the 35th orbit.

Have fun!
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 |  Regards,         |   Hughes STX                |    Code 926.9 GSFC        |
 |  Doug Caprette    |   Lanham, Maryland          |    Greenbelt, MD  20771   |
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