al@gtx.com (Alan Filipski) (06/12/91)
Instead of a bunch of amateur interpretations of this picture, it would
be interesting to get a professional's opinion. There are people who
spend their entire careers interpreting satellite and aerial recon
photos. Most of them work for the government, but many are retired.
Have any of these people given an opinion on the photos?
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~carl@sol1.gps.caltech.edu (Carl J Lydick) (06/17/91)
In article <1528@gtx.com>, al@gtx.com (Alan Filipski) writes: >Instead of a bunch of amateur interpretations of this picture, it would >be interesting to get a professional's opinion. There are people who >spend their entire careers interpreting satellite and aerial recon >photos. Most of them work for the government, but many are retired. >Have any of these people given an opinion on the photos? I've talked to two of them. I won't try to fit a transcription of about 15 minutes of laughter into this message. At the end of the laughter, the comments were something like "I shouldn't laugh. There are some people who actually take this SERIOUSLY". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
bks@lima.berkeley.edu (Bradley K. Sherman) (06/18/91)
I wonder if there are Martians poring over images of the Grand Tetons trying to ascertain the meaning of this message from the Earthlings. ---------------------- Brad Sherman (bks@alfa.berkeley.edu)
loren@tristan.llnl.gov (Loren Petrich) (06/18/91)
I've seen a copy of the Mars Face that was made available as a GIF. It looks remarkably like the face of a macaque monkey. I guess I'm not too impressed by it. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Loren Petrich, the Master Blaster: loren@sunlight.llnl.gov Since this nodename is not widely known, you may have to try: loren%sunlight.llnl.gov@star.stanford.edu
dcorbett@socs.uts.edu.au (Dan Corbett) (06/18/91)
al@gtx.com (Alan Filipski) writes: >Instead of a bunch of amateur interpretations of this picture, it would >be interesting to get a professional's opinion. > [...] >Have any of these people given an opinion on the photos? I used to work in AI for The Analytic Sciences Corporation, and I knew the guys who worked in TASC's image analysis lab in Boston. They were asked by NASA to interpret the "face" image. They merged a few photos, and looked at various lighting angles. What they came up with finally (after a lot of analysis) was a couple of hills. No face, no ruins, no cities, nothing special. That one picture that produced the face was just taken at exactly the right angle and lighting to produce the "face." No, I *don't* know how to get any technical reports out of these people, and I don't have their phone numbers/e-mail addresses/whatever. Try the Boston phone book. Don't ask me, I moved to Australia years ago. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dan Corbett Dept. of Computer Science University of Technology, Sydney ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
mathew@mantis.co.uk (Giving C News a *HUG*) (06/18/91)
loren@tristan.llnl.gov (Loren Petrich) writes: > I've seen a copy of the Mars Face that was made available as a > GIF. It looks remarkably like the face of a macaque monkey. More to the point, the processed version which has had some of the shadows reduced looks like a picture of a macaque monkey with acute goitre and with the handle of a coffee mug glued to its left cheek. > I guess I'm not too impressed by it. Me neither. It looks a lot more impressive un-processed, which tells you a lot. mathew