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Really? Do you not see the congruence in the adjacent geology?

I see a huge reason why this is not an engineered monument.

Geologically, this is an absurd place for any civilization to build a massive face monument. Monuments are built for exposure. They are built to inspire or to remember. This face is not in a location that promotes these things.

This is the link to the wide angle area this strip was pulled from. The geology of the area is pretty apparent.
http://barsoom.msss.com/moc_gallery/ab1_m04/jpegctxmaps/M0203052.jpg

Hundreds and hundreds of craters. Crater walls make bad and places for construction and even worse places for monuments. You do not need to be a world renowned architect (or giant mountain sculptor) to know that crater walls would be more susceptible to decay and erosion. Thus, bad places to plan public monumental works.

Questions:
1 -- If this was a monument in a crater how do the "people" get in to view it?
2 -- Why is the "face" constructed in a crater wall along the slope of the wall?
3 -- How does this "face" show a rapid departure from the surrounding geology enough to make it noticeably artificial?
4 -- Does it make sense to be here?

I think that this is a wonderfully natural formation that just to happens to remind folks of a face. Nothing more. That is just my opinion. If someday i am proven wrong, nobody would be happier than I!

<blockquote data-quote="Ron Collins" data-source="post: 51527" data-attributes="member: 574">Really? Do you not see the congruence in the adjacent geology? I see a huge reason why this is not an engineered monument.Geologically, this is an absurd place for any civilization to build a massive face monument. Monuments are built for exposure. They are built to inspire or to remember. This face is not in a location that promotes these things.This is the link to the wide angle area this strip was pulled from. The geology of the area is pretty apparent. <a href="http://barsoom.msss.com/moc_gallery/ab1_m04/jpegctxmaps/M0203052.jpg" target="_blank">http://barsoom.msss.com/moc_gallery/ab1_m04/jpegctxmaps/M0203052.jpg</a> Hundreds and hundreds of craters. Crater walls make bad and places for construction and even worse places for monuments. You do not need to be a world renowned architect (or giant mountain sculptor) to know that crater walls would be more susceptible to decay and erosion. Thus, bad places to plan public monumental works. Questions:1 -- If this was a monument in a crater how do the &quot;people&quot; get in to view it? 2 -- Why is the &quot;face&quot; constructed in a crater wall along the slope of the wall?3 -- How does this &quot;face&quot; show a rapid departure from the surrounding geology enough to make it noticeably artificial?4 -- Does it make sense to be here?I think that this is a wonderfully natural formation that just to happens to remind folks of a face. Nothing more. That is just my opinion. If someday i am proven wrong, nobody would be happier than I!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ron Collins, post: 51527, member: 574"] Really? Do you not see the congruence in the adjacent geology? I see a huge reason why this is not an engineered monument. Geologically, this is an absurd place for any civilization to build a massive face monument. Monuments are built for exposure. They are built to inspire or to remember. This face is not in a location that promotes these things. This is the link to the wide angle area this strip was pulled from. The geology of the area is pretty apparent. [URL="http://barsoom.msss.com/moc_gallery/ab1_m04/jpegctxmaps/M0203052.jpg"]http://barsoom.msss.com/moc_gallery/ab1_m04/jpegctxmaps/M0203052.jpg[/URL] Hundreds and hundreds of craters. Crater walls make bad and places for construction and even worse places for monuments. You do not need to be a world renowned architect (or giant mountain sculptor) to know that crater walls would be more susceptible to decay and erosion. Thus, bad places to plan public monumental works. Questions: 1 -- If this was a monument in a crater how do the "people" get in to view it? 2 -- Why is the "face" constructed in a crater wall along the slope of the wall? 3 -- How does this "face" show a rapid departure from the surrounding geology enough to make it noticeably artificial? 4 -- Does it make sense to be here? I think that this is a wonderfully natural formation that just to happens to remind folks of a face. Nothing more. That is just my opinion. If someday i am proven wrong, nobody would be happier than I! [/QUOTE]

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