] Plait has two words for the latest claims of alien
] objects on Mars. The first is "garbage." The second and
] more scientific word is "pareidolia." This is the same
] phenomenon that makes us see animals or other familiar
] objects in clouds.
]
] "It's pretty common," Plait said of pareidolia. "Just a
] few months ago, a water spot on my shower curtain took on
] the uncanny form of the face of Vladimir Lenin." Plait
] took a picture of the liquid Lenin and uses it illustrate
] his contention that, though objects on the surface of
] Mars can sometimes take on interesting shapes, they are
] just a bunch of rocks.

I can definately appreciate where he is coming from. I'm the founder of a paranormal research group. There are people that will SWEAR they see faces in leaves and everything they look at and it pisses me off because they make the ones doing real research all look like we are nuts. -LB

War of the words: Scientist attacks alien claims

] The Spirit rover on Mars took the first picture of Earth
] ever made from the surface of another planet. It also did
] a little astronomy, imaging bright stars.
]
] It also spotted what could be a Viking Orbiter spacecraft
] or a meteor -- scientists aren't sure which.
]
] The photo of Earth shows the planet as a bright dot above
] the horizon about an hour before sunrise. The image is
] not in color, though scientists say if a human stood in
] the same spot and looked earthward, home would probably
] appear pale blue.

-LB

Mars rovers see Earth, moons and stars

] NASA scientists say the Mars rovers have found what they
] were looking for -- hard evidence that the red planet was
] once "soaking wet."
]
] "We have concluded the rocks here were once soaked in
] liquid water," said Steve Squyres of Cornell University.
] He's the principal investigator for the science
] instruments on Opportunity and its twin rover, Spirit.
-LB

NASA: Liquid water once on Mars