In a, slow, attempt to make sure Rob doesn't have to do all of this himself, here's a go at the Face of Mars entry.
Possibly the most well known feature on [[Mars] the '''Face of Mars'' is a rocky mesa in the Cydonia region that, in a famous set of pictures from the Viking missions. In those pictures it appears to be a carved face, looking up into the sky. Subsequent missions to Mars were disappointed to learn that the appearance of the face was a combination of shadows and the poor resolution of the orbiting cameras.
Fen being Fen, they dealt with this disappointment by carving their own face out of a nearby mesa using 'waved excavating tools 'borrowed' from the construction of [[Marsbase Sara]. The new '''Face of Mars''' is an oval, androgynous face with overly large eyes and a wide mouth. The surface of the face has lines carved over it giving the appearance of being constructed from large blocks of stone, even though this is not the case.
In recent years, smooth, elegant humanoid statues have begun appearing on the plains near the new Face. Dubbed the Fenish Moai they range in size from slightly smaller than a human to taller than a Zentradi. They are carved from native stone, but no-one has admitted to being the carver.
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Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
-- Albert Einstein
Possibly the most well known feature on [[Mars] the '''Face of Mars'' is a rocky mesa in the Cydonia region that, in a famous set of pictures from the Viking missions. In those pictures it appears to be a carved face, looking up into the sky. Subsequent missions to Mars were disappointed to learn that the appearance of the face was a combination of shadows and the poor resolution of the orbiting cameras.
Fen being Fen, they dealt with this disappointment by carving their own face out of a nearby mesa using 'waved excavating tools 'borrowed' from the construction of [[Marsbase Sara]. The new '''Face of Mars''' is an oval, androgynous face with overly large eyes and a wide mouth. The surface of the face has lines carved over it giving the appearance of being constructed from large blocks of stone, even though this is not the case.
In recent years, smooth, elegant humanoid statues have begun appearing on the plains near the new Face. Dubbed the Fenish Moai they range in size from slightly smaller than a human to taller than a Zentradi. They are carved from native stone, but no-one has admitted to being the carver.
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Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
-- Albert Einstein