Today's question is from a contributor who wishes to remain anonymous . The person in the top left made some sketches of his observations. On account of a mistranslation, his observations assumed a lot of significance. The man in the bottom left was inspired by this theory and made his own set of observations shown next to him. Identify all.Answer: The person on top is Giovanni Schiaparelli who observed and sketched channel-like structures on Mars. He called them canali meaning channels which got mistranslated to canals sparking interest in martian civilization. The person in the bottom is Percival Lowell (after whom Pluto is named) who totally bought into the idea and made his own set of sketches. Srivats and Iam got it. Well done.
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Im guessing Schiaparelli and Lowell... canals on mars fiasco
Percival Lowell's Canals on Mars inspired by Schiaparelli's canali
(Possibly telescope aberrations or optical illusions)
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