>You know, it really annoyed me when all hands got excited about that "face". It's like when people see Christ's face in burnt toast and that. Last week, there was a Jesus face in the suds dregs on a pint of beer. I'm sure the Lord would want to reveal Himself in a more permanent way.

Re: "face" on Mars.

We are geared by evolution to recognize patterns and especially human faces. Therefore when the angle and the light and shadows hit just right, as in the original photo, people "recognize" a face on Mars. Then the idiots and illiterates start the theories about aliens and god and such.

Re: burnt toast.
The phrase attributed to P.T. Barnum comes to mind: "there's a sucker born every minute".