The far-left image is the high-resolution photograph of the "Face" on Mars taken in April 2001. It looked the least face-like of all the NASA photos of this landform to date -- unless you turn it upside down  (middle).

Now  you can see what the architects of this mile-wide monument really  intended to convey! In the far-right version, I have separated the two halves of the monument and sketched in some outlines for clarity. The left half of the sculpture is definitely a human being in profile, holding another entity. I'm not certain whether the 2nd entity is a human fetus or an alien "gray." But either way, the message is quite profound! (And someone else agrees -- for real -- about the "alien" half, though he fails to recognize the "human" half!)

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