Face on Mars

Summary

Face on Mars is a pareidolia^[1]. It draws 60 Wikipedia views per month (pareidolia category, ranking #2 of 3).^[2]

Key Facts

• Face on Mars's image is recorded as Martian face viking cropped.jpg^[3].
• Face on Mars's image is recorded as Mars face.png^[4].
• Face on Mars's instance of is recorded as pareidolia^[5].
• Face on Mars's instance of is recorded as surface feature^[6].
• Face on Mars's depicts is recorded as face^[7].
• Face on Mars's location is recorded as Mare Acidalium quadrangle^[8].
• Face on Mars's location is recorded as Mars^[9].
• Face on Mars's Commons category is recorded as Face of Mars^[10].
• Face on Mars's located on astronomical body is recorded as Mars^[11].
• Face on Mars's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37, 'lon': -12.8}^[12].
• Face on Mars's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0chkth^[13].
• Face on Mars's width is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+1.5'}^[14].
• Face on Mars's Quora topic ID is recorded as Face-on-Mars^[15].
• Face on Mars's RationalWiki ID is recorded as Face_on_Mars^[16].

Why It Matters

Face on Mars draws 60 Wikipedia views per month (pareidolia category, ranking #2 of 3).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]