DISCOVERY PROJECT... Past & Present Life on the Red Planet
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MIA006: The "H"
MIA006: The "H"
IMAGE DETAILS
Mars Report Ref: MIA006
Report Date: July-August 2017
Research Status: Open - Possible building/monument
Description: The "H"
Approximate size: 2.5 km
Mission images/dates: MGS 2000, Mars Express 2006
Location: Cydonia Mensae
Pointed out by: M. J. Craig
Image credits: See image captions
Graphics/image editing: M. J. Craig
Image sources: See image captions. Also, a Gigapan is available by Keith Laney showing a portion of the "Nearby features" http://www.gigapan.com/galleries/13462/gigapans/190899
OBSERVATIONS
A distinctive feature that has a certain elegance to it, indicative of architecture perhaps rather than geology. The surrounding features span some 10 km and look very much like a complex of buildings.
POTENTIAL FOR AN ARTIFICIAL STRUCTURE
Symmetrical shape. Sits amongst several other features sharing possible spatial relationships (See MR006.4).
COMMON EXPLANATION
A remnant massif/butte formed by geological erosion.
MIA006.1 The "H" - Mars Express 2006
Image credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G Neukum)
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
Image source: http://spaceinimages.esa.int/Images/2006/09/Cydonia_region_colour_image
MIA006.2 The "H" - MGS 2000
Image credit: NASA/JPL/MSSS
Pixel width: 6.19 m
Original image source (shown) but no longer available at MSSS: http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/m19_m23/images/M19/M1900850.html
New PDS image source: https://pdsimg.jpl.nasa.gov///data/mgs/moc/mgsc_1111/extras/browse/m19008//m1900850.imq.jpg
MIA006.3 The H: Nearby Features - Mars Express 2006
Image credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G Neukum) CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
Image source: http://spaceinimages.esa.int/Images/2006/09/Cydonia_region_colour_image
