text: Thousand of people wondered and were curious about the Face on Mars. "On April 8, 2001 , Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look." Close enough, they could predict what the image appeared. "So, if there were objects in this picyure like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" The pictured showed landforms most common , and you could relate to Earth. "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho," said Garvin.