The Crowned
Face(s)
By
George J.
Haas
The Crowned Face (M0203051) or what has been
referred to by some as the King Face, is located within Libya Montes (M0203051) in an area
that has become known as the Mount Rushmore of Mars (Figure 1). Since its discovery in the summer of
2000 by fellow Mars researcher Greg Orme,1
this complex facial
monument has become a source of much debate throughout the scientific and
anomaly hunting community.
Figure
1
Mount Rushmore on
Mars (Crop of MOC image M0203051) - Libya Montes
On April 5th, 2001
founder of Meta Research Tom Van Flandern held a press conference at the
National Press Club in New York announcing the discovery of additional face-like
structures on Mars and showcased the
Crown Face (Figure 2) along with
various other anomalous structures found on Mars. Like many other researchers,
Van Flandern sees the Crown Face as a visage of a single head. When speaking of
the image Van Flandern said the following:
While not near the Cydonia
area, this face portrayal is again striking for the richness of its
detail,
far better than the typical
face arising in clouds or geological formations on Earth. The
latter
tend to be distorted and
grotesque when they are more than simply impressionistic.2
Figure
2
Crowned Face
(M02-03051)
In examining the facial features of
the Crowned Face, its structural dimensions appeared quite accurate although
there is no defined border framing the right side of the face. The face is
imbedded within the surrounding ridgeline of a sloping cliff that flows down
into a sandy valley of dunes. The crown appears to be formed within the natural
ridgeline that extends beyond the face. Within the face are two dark eye
features. Although the left eye is aligned in the proper orientation to the
nasal bridge line, the right eye is off set. This gives the impression that both
eyes are to be seen as left eyes. Following the nasal bridge down the face,
there are suggestions of nostrils and below the nose is a soft parted mouth that
completes the face.
When the left side of the Crowned
Face is mirrored a feminine visage takes form (Figure 3). The overall face takes the shape of a
fault line that frames its internal features. Notice the winged headdress and
the textured, lattices pattern that forms across the forehead creating a
decorative crest. At the center of the crest is a V-shaped emblem formed between
two elaborate flaming eyebrows.
Note the wing formation of the central emblem forms a Phoenix Bird with
flaming wings. Below the flaming eyebrows the face has shadowy deep-set eyes, a
nose, lips and a chin ornament. Below the deep-set eyes are two pockmarks, or
holes with connecting shafts that extend below the checks forming tear
bands.
Figure
3
Phoenix Mask
The Crowned Face: left side
mirrored
When most people look at the cropped
version of the Crown Face, as presented by many researchers, (Figure 2) they envision the face as the remains
of a fully symmetrical face that was altered. They speculate that the right side
of the face was either highly eroded or damaged at some point in the past giving
it its off-kilter look. Well, the problem with this explanation is that when the
right side of the Crown Face is mirrored a fully distorted image is produced,
that has no nose, no mouth, and two left eyes.
When the Crown Face is re-examined
in its original context, within the cliff, the right side of the face could be
viewed as the left half of another completely different face. As observed by
Greg Orme the Crown Face may actually be part of a larger, more complex set of
half-faces.3 Following the extended mouth line
of the Phoenix Mask that extends into the slop of the cliff from the chin
ornament a left facing muzzle and mouth are formed (Figure 4). Above the muzzle there is the
suggestion of a pug-shaped nose and the offset eye seen in the original Crowned
Face image. Continuing to the right, beyond the second face, a third partial
shaped mask is again visible. Like a set of overlapping profiles, these three
half faced heads emerge out of the cliff face in an evenly space format. In
figure 4 a red demarcation line highlights
the precise alignment of this three faced composite of half
faces.
Figure
4
Mount Rushmore
with Demarcation.
Note the three half
faces.
When the right side of the second
face is mirrored, along the demarcation illustrated in figure 4, a Were-Jaguar face is revealed with the
Crowned Faced mask framing it on either side (Figure 5). Notice the elaborate crown formation
with a small inset mask, the feline shaped eyes, the pug nose and snarling
aspect of the muzzle.
Figure
5
Were-Jaguar
Mask
The Crowned Face:
right side mirrored
When the third face on the far right
side of the composite mask is mirrored, along the third demarcation line, a moth
shaped Mardi-Gras mask is revealed with a totemic demon mask inserted in the
center of the headdress (Figure 6). Note the
large compartmentalized wing shaped grid forms two wing shaped eyes. Below the
cross section of the wings is a small nose and puckered lips that form the lower
segment of the body. There is also a set of feathered antenna extending from the
wing, framing the demon mask.
Figure
6
The Moth
Totem
Note the progression
of the half faces from the central butterfly mask.
When the Butterfly Mask is compared to a contemporary Mardi-Gras mask produced out of a segmented arrangement of crystals the common compartmentalized design of the two masks become quite apparent (Figure 7).
Figure
7
Butterfly Mask Comparison
Note the compartmentalized design.
Left: Detail of Crowned Face composite on Mars (highlighted). Right: Butterfly Mask (crystal) Daniel Swarovski Jewelry.
Because caterpillars can turn into moths and butterflies they are seen as symbols of transformation in many cultures, especially throughout Mesoamerica. When one considers that a half faced human and a were-jaguar mask flanks a Moth mask, the same message of human and feline transformation that is imbedded within the Face at Cydonia becomes
quite plausible. And just as the
Face at Cydonia has a direct relationship with a pair of masks found at the
Ceros Mexico, when the Moth Totem on Mars is compared to a tri-faced Aztec mask
known as the Three Faces of Life (Figure 8),
a repetitive theme of transformation can be established within their common
segmented composite design. While the Moth Totem mask deals with the
transformation of human to feline, the Aztec mask deals with the transformation
of youth to death.
Figure
8
Aztec Mask: The
Three Faces of Life
Note the progression
of the faces from the youthful face in the center,
to the split elderly
face over that, to the split death mask on the outside.
. Footnotes: 1.)
Greg Orme, @ http://www.ultor.org/ 2.)
Tom Van Flandern is a member of SPSR and a former Naval Observatory
Astronomer: His website
mentions the Crown Face in item number 44.
3.)
Greg Orme,
The Kings Valley, September 2000.