"Happy Face" Crater on
Mars
There are a number of Viking Orbiter images of Mars that, from time to
time, have been invoked as examples of landforms that look like
familiar objects. On of the better examples is the crater Galle
(51.1° S, 31.3° W; 215 km across), located on the eastern
margin of the large basin Argyre. The "face" was first noticed in
synoptic observations taken early in the Viking Orbiter 1 mission.
Oblique View of
"Happy Face"
GIF = 593 KBytes
Ancillary Data for this Mosaic
Vertical View of "Happy
Face"
GIF = 196 KBytes
Data derived from 1/64° per pixel USGS Digital Image Mosaic
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