Carl Sagan, Philip Morrison et al.:
The Nomenclature of a Space Cabal

Could this be the origin of the ancient symbol of "The Eye in the Pyramid"?

Moreover, is it not a "curious" that NASA chose to label the region bordering Solis Lacus along the southern cliffs of Valles Marinaris (in the center of the triangle seen above) with the name "Sinai" as an analog of Earth's terrain (with its many biblical connotations)? The contours are reminiscent of the Egyptian "Eye of Ra-Horus," one of the most ancient symbols on our planet and the source of the Great Seal of the United States.

During my 40 years of studying Mars, since the first Mariner missions, I have noted with great interest what appears to be an arcane aspect to the nomenclature used to name this region by Carl Sagan, Philip Morrison et al. at JPL, such as "Ophir," "Sinai," "Syria," "Phoenicis Lacus" (Phoenicia) and "Capa Cornu."

"Capa Cornu" (Cape Horn), the lower right corner of the triangle drawn on Mars above, is located at precisely 19.5 degrees south latitude. The significance of this angle first discovered in the Cydonia complex, site of "The Face on Mars," by Richard Hoagland et al. could now be understood as "a pointer," directing attention to the corner angle at Capa Cornu.

The Carl Sagan-Philip Morrison team of JPL Mars specialists, working with the first Mariner photos, now appear to this researcher to have apprehended instantly, as if "illuminated" by the sight, the significance of the terrain features revealed by Mariner and using terms from Greek mythology, named corresponding Martian regions in a manner analogous to corresponding terrestrial terrain features along the Nile River and Great African Rift Valley between the Sinai and Ethiopia (which "coincidently" has a coastal region called Ophir). Greek mythology was derived from Egypt's religion with the Egyptian names translated and "Hellenized" into Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, etc.

Historians have for years researched and debated the source and location of the terrain depicted on the Great Seal of the United States, whose actual origins are steeped in a mystery. Many scholars have noted the long cliffs and escarpment to be seen in the background behind the pyramid. Could the landscape depicted on the Great Seal actually be a representation of Valles Marinaris, Solis Lacus and "The Eye of Mars"?

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