NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an image of an unusual (and cute) geological feature.
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. As a NASA orbiter turned its camera to the Martian surface, the face of a bear seemed to be looking back. A camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, called the High Resolution Imaging Experiment, or HiRISE, captured an image of the unusual geological feature in December.
The photo is reminiscent of another celestial “face” glimpsed by a NASA space observatory in October 2022, when the sun appeared to smile due to dark spots called coronal holes. And last March, the Curiosity rover spotted a rock formation that resembled a flower on Mars. The HiRISE camera has been taking images of Mars since 2006, when the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter began circling the red planet.
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