What Did the 1998 Spacecraft Mars Orbiter Find When It

question 34

Multiple Choice

What did the 1998 spacecraft Mars Orbiter find when it looked at the "face" on Mars?

• A) The orbiter found that the face had two noses, showing that it had been carved by a nonhuman sculptor.
• B) The orbiter found that the shifting sands had uncovered two other, smaller faces on either side of it.
• C) The orbiter found nothing-the face and the rocks around it were either gone or buried by sand.
• D) The orbiter showed the face to be a natural rock formation.

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