text: This is not a face becasue the author says in paragraph two, "Scientist figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows" Some people didn't agree because "it was winter in April '98--a cloudy time of the year" and to disprove this they took a better picture in the summer. In paragraph ten, it says "Nevertheless, on April 8, 2001--a cloudless summer day in Cydonia"