February 2, 2008: Happy face on Mars

Undertoad · 02-02-2008, 01:16 AM

It isn't the first face symbol they've found on Mars, but it's the happiest. The Planetary Society blog offers this one courtesy of NASA / JPL / MSSS:

Quote:

This picture of a crater resembling a "happy face" was acquired by the Context Camera (CTX) on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on January 28, 2008. The unnamed crater is about 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) across. It is located among the Nereidum Montes, north of the Argyre basin, near 45.1 S, 55.0 W. North is toward the right and sunlight illuminates the scene from the upper right.

Nikolai · 02-02-2008, 04:46 AM

When I first saw it, it reminded me of this guy

Sheldonrs · 02-02-2008, 08:16 AM

This is your smiley fac:

This is your smiley face on drugs:
[quote=Undertoad;429304]

Any questions?

euphoriatheory · 02-02-2008, 12:08 PM

WOW!! When you turn it upside down, it looks like a giant crater on Mars and not a smiley face at all!

...and hi, by the way.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-02-2008, 12:16 PM

Hi yourself, and welcome to the Cellar.

Wait till Elspode gets a load of you.

Cicero · 02-02-2008, 12:26 PM

Let me just move out of the way here.....
I'm about to be lodged between the earth and the hooves of a pack of grazing cellarites...

Hi Euphoria!

euphoriatheory · 02-02-2008, 01:32 PM

:-D

Elspode?? Should I hide??

jinx · 02-02-2008, 02:59 PM

Google mars.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-02-2008, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by euphoriatheory

:-D

Elspode?? Should I hide??

Not at all, he's the perfect gentleman.

SeanAhern · 02-02-2008, 05:55 PM

It's not the same face, but Google Mars has another "happy face" here: http://www.google.com/mars/#lat=-51....visible&q=face

Elspode · 02-02-2008, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by euphoriatheory

:-D

Elspode?? Should I hide??

I dunno...you gonna do something that will piss people off?

Or did you mean hide from me? I'm harmless. Less than harmless, even.

lumberjim · 02-02-2008, 09:02 PM

he's more likely to drool on you. he's a big philanderer.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-02-2008, 09:43 PM

But, but, it's humble respectful drool.

lumberjim · 02-02-2008, 10:57 PM

humble like Uriah Heap?

xoxoxoBruce · 02-02-2008, 11:26 PM

No, I was at that concert.

02-02-2008, 04:46 AM	#2
Nikolai Greener than the rest Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Near London Posts: 68	When I first saw it, it reminded me of this guy __________________ “Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul” – Marcus Aurelius

02-02-2008, 08:16 AM	#3
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	This is your smiley fac: This is your smiley face on drugs: [quote=Undertoad;429304] Any questions? __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

02-02-2008, 12:16 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Hi yourself, and welcome to the Cellar. Wait till Elspode gets a load of you. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-02-2008, 12:26 PM	#6
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Let me just move out of the way here..... I'm about to be lodged between the earth and the hooves of a pack of grazing cellarites... Hi Euphoria! __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

02-02-2008, 02:59 PM	#8
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Google mars. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

02-02-2008, 12:08 PM	#4
euphoriatheory Sealed for your protection. Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: New Hampshire. (It's a real state. It's north of Boston.) Posts: 71	WOW!! When you turn it upside down, it looks like a giant crater on Mars and not a smiley face at all! ...and hi, by the way.

02-02-2008, 01:32 PM	#7
euphoriatheory Sealed for your protection. Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: New Hampshire. (It's a real state. It's north of Boston.) Posts: 71	:-D Elspode?? Should I hide??

02-02-2008, 05:55 PM	#10
SeanAhern Sentimental Sentient Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 38	It's not the same face, but Google Mars has another "happy face" here: http://www.google.com/mars/#lat=-51....visible&q=face

02-02-2008, 09:02 PM	#12
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	he's more likely to drool on you. he's a big philanderer. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-02-2008, 09:43 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	But, but, it's humble respectful drool. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-02-2008, 10:57 PM	#14
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	humble like Uriah Heap? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-02-2008, 11:26 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No, I was at that concert. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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