Photo:NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
NASA’s HiRISE Mars Orbiter has become a priceless tool in space exploration.
This camera, which is on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, has captured detailed images since 2006.
Last year, it photographed a dune-filled crater that was designated thezero longitude point of Mars.
Photo:NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
As it continues documenting key topographic elements of the Red Planet, it sometimes stumbles upon intriguingor funformations.
In December 2022, HiRISEphotographeda truly remarkable find.
The looks like it’s a bear face on the Martian surface.
This striking resemblance isn’t a singular formation, though.
It is a curiously positioned group of natural land masses.
Maybe the nose is a volcanic or mud vent and the deposit could be lava or mud flows?
This isn’t the first odd formation that has been spotted on Mars.
NASA’s HiRISE Mars Orbiter photographed what looks like a bear face on the surface of Mars.
HiPOD: A Bear on Mars?
This feature looks a bit like a bears face.
What is it really?
