NASA Camera Spots Bear-Like Formation on Mars

A bear-shaped rock formation has been spotted on the surface of Mars, images captured by the HiRISE camera shows.

The structure was captured on December 12 by the HiRISE camera.

In an animation compiled by NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona, a narrator explained: “There’s a hill with a V-shaped collapsed structure – the nose. Two craters – the eyes; and a circular fracture pattern – the head.”

“The circular fracture pattern may be due to the settling of a deposit over a buried impact crater. Maybe the nose is a volcanic mud vent, and the deposit could be lava or mud flows,” the narration continued.

HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera was launched on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2005. It has been capturing images of the planet since 2006. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona via Storyful

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- This feature looks a bit like a bear's face. What is it really? There's a hill with a V-shaped collapsed structure, the nose; two craters, the eyes; and a circular fracture pattern, the head.

The circular fracture pattern might be due to the settling of a deposit over a buried impact crater. Maybe the nose is a volcanic or mud vent. And the deposit could be lava or mud flows. Maybe just grin and bear it.

This feature looks a bit like a bear's face. What is it really? There's a hill with a V-shaped collapsed structure, the nose; two craters, the eyes; and a circular fracture pattern, the head.

The circular fracture pattern might be due to the settling of a deposit over a buried impact crater. Maybe the nose is a volcanic or mud vent. And the deposit could be lava or mudflows. Maybe just grin and bear it.