This strange image from Mars appears to have captured a bear smiling at us from the cracked surface for the red planetThe image was captured by a NASA spacecraft from 155 miles above the surface of Mars.
According to the British newspaper “Daily Mail”, the spacecraft used the most powerful HiRISE camera ever sent to another planet.
Image of a bear on Mars
The space agency explained, asking: “A bear on Mars? This feature is somewhat similar to the face of a bear. What is it really?”
added space agencyThere is a mound with a V-shaped collapse structure (the nose), two pits (the eyes), and a circular fracture pattern (the head).
The circular fracture pattern may be the result of sediment settling over a buried impact crater, the nose may be a volcanic vent or mudflow, and the sediment may be lava or mudflows.