Among further complications: practical immortality, discovered by Martian scientists the building of a space elevator ice asteroids to pound the Martian crust, bringing water and thickening the atmosphere vast Moholes excavated to tap vital heat from the core and the ingenious creation of life forms genetically engineered to survive the harsh conditions. Each phase of the latter process is told from a different character's point of view, and thus Robinson constructs an intricate and fascinating mosaic of science and politics, love and betrayal, survival and discovery, murder and revolution. Robinson's Mars is realistically cold, arid, and lifeless and even before they reach the planet, his first hundred scientist- colonists are hotly debating how Mars should be terraformed. As it turns out, the Martian book measured little more than one inch! In other words, if the book represents a proof of life, then Mars is inhabited by tiny critters that would make the dolls at Disney’s “Small World” ride look like behemoths.First of a projected trilogy about the near-future colonization of Mars, from the author of Pacific Edge, Escape from Kathmandu, etc. After all, the photo appears to show a fossilized book mid-page turn. After pictures of what looks like a stone book turned up, people got excited.

Images from NASA’s Curiosity rover boast an incredible amount of detail. So, it shouldn’t be surprising that people have now discovered a fossilized book on Mars.

These include a floating spoon, a side profile of an elephant, the Star Trek logo, and one of the most adorable bear faces we’ve seen since the Hundred Acre Woods.

Pareidolia accounts for many sensational images spotted on Mars over the years.

Even where these characteristics don’t exist. Soon, tabloids splattered the “Face on Mars” across their front pages, and the scientific explanation for the phenomenon got buried in sensationalism.įor those who’ve heard of pareidolia, you understand that the human eye naturally corrects random shapes, infusing them with patterns, meaning, and order. Closer analysis revealed the strange visage to be nothing more than a rocky surface where shadows and light played, creating strangely anthropomorphic features. After developing the photos, scientists found a humanoid face staring back at them.

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