text: First of all, Mars Global Surveyer flew over Cydonia for the first time with Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera. They snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original viking photos. Then, they revealed that it was a natural landform, saying there was no alien monument after all. Since not everyone was satisfied, Mars Global Surveyer drew close enough for a second look. After that, they researched what the picture actually shows. As they looked, the picture was the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa, which were landforms common around the American West. According to the picture, Mars Global surveyers figured that the face was just a natural landform.