text: The face on Mars is a natural land form. The article states that, "Although few scientists believed the Face was an alien artifact, photographing Cydonia became a priority for NASA when Mars Global Surveyor arrived at the Red Planet in September 1997, eighteen long years after the Viking missions ended." This shows that pictures would be taken to prove that the landform is indeed a natrual landform. The text also states that, "And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the face first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing...a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." This peice of text shows proves that with the pictures, the head is a natural landform. These text peices show that the face is a natural landform on Mars.