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From: carl@sol1.gps.caltech.edu (Carl J Lydick)
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Subject: Re: Mars "face"
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Date: 17 Jun 91 12:48:34 GMT
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In article <1528@gtx.com>, al@gtx.com (Alan Filipski) writes:
>Instead of a bunch of amateur interpretations of this picture, it would
>be interesting to get a professional's opinion.  There are people who
>spend their entire careers interpreting satellite and aerial recon
>photos.  Most of them work for the government, but many are retired.
>Have any of these people given an opinion on the photos?

I've talked to two of them.  I won't try to fit a transcription of about 15
minutes of laughter into this message.  At the end of the laughter, the
comments were something like "I shouldn't laugh.  There are some people who
actually take this SERIOUSLY".
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