{"id":22059,"date":"2023-01-31T21:57:46","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T13:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-discovers-mars-formation-resembling-the-face-of-a-bear\/"},"modified":"2023-01-31T21:57:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T13:57:46","slug":"nasa-discovers-mars-formation-resembling-the-face-of-a-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-discovers-mars-formation-resembling-the-face-of-a-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA discovers Mars formation resembling the face of a bear"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\">\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?gdpr=0&amp;us_privacy=1YNN&amp;gpp=DBABL~BVQqAAAAAg&amp;gpp_sid=7&amp;client=ca-pub-3049143925983138&amp;output=html&amp;h=280&amp;num_ads=1&amp;adk=2072073738&amp;adf=712772469&amp;abgtt=7&amp;w=775&amp;fwrn=4&amp;fwrnh=100&amp;lmt=1783321969&amp;rafmt=1&amp;armr=3&amp;sem=mc&amp;pwprc=4018519472&amp;ad_type=text_image&amp;format=775x280&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceexplored.com%2F2023%2F01%2F30%2Fnasa-discovers-mars-formation-resembling-the-face-of-a-bear%2F&amp;host=ca-host-pub-5506057612223327&amp;fwr=0&amp;pra=3&amp;rh=194&amp;rw=774&amp;rpe=1&amp;resp_fmts=3&amp;asro=0&amp;aimartd=4&amp;aieuf=1&amp;aicrs=1&amp;fa=27&amp;dt=1783321969522&amp;bpp=4&amp;bdt=4530&amp;idt=4&amp;shv=r20260701&amp;mjsv=m202606290101&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie=ID%3Deb38cfaf5314820a%3AT%3D1783309737%3ART%3D1783321802%3AS%3DALNI_MZNqFbc4J_9Mwx0DA_RKZFv6Rgd_w&amp;gpic=UID%3D0000141585b75109%3AT%3D1783309737%3ART%3D1783321802%3AS%3DALNI_Mb8Ou0XY9m-6RZcHIoT0NY6XJT4Aw&amp;eo_id_str=ID%3D81b549665d6763db%3AT%3D1783309737%3ART%3D1783321802%3AS%3DAA-AfjaPQtwRjAqqOxsOk9A3h9AB&amp;prev_fmts=0x0%2C336x280&amp;nras=2&amp;correlator=709490648404&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=1&amp;u_tz=480&amp;u_his=1&amp;u_h=960&amp;u_w=1707&amp;u_ah=912&amp;u_aw=1707&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_sd=1.5&amp;dmc=8&amp;adx=96&amp;ady=1562&amp;biw=1421&amp;bih=637&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=0&amp;eid=95395662%2C95391232%2C95393485&amp;oid=2&amp;pvsid=6364494245778931&amp;tmod=791082181&amp;uas=0&amp;nvt=1&amp;fc=1408&amp;brdim=133%2C96%2C133%2C96%2C1707%2C0%2C1441%2C720%2C1438%2C637&amp;vis=1&amp;rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&amp;abl=NS&amp;fu=128&amp;bc=31&amp;bz=1&amp;pgls=CAk.&amp;ifi=3&amp;uci=a!3&amp;btvi=2&amp;fsb=1&amp;dtd=44\" data-google-container-id=\"a!3\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/ins><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The University of Arizona, which operates the camera, shared the image in a&nbsp;tweet&nbsp;with a report breaking down how exactly the bear was formed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The eyes of the feature are two impact craters. The \u201cV-shaped collapse structure\u201d resembling a snout is a hill. And the circular facial pattern that outlines the head \u201cmight be due to the settling of a deposit over a buried impact crater,\u201d the University of Arizona\u2019s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory says. \u201cMaybe the nose is a volcanic or mud vent, and the deposit could be lava or mud flows?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-34233',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This isn\u2019t the first time scientists have seen images with an eerie resemblance to things on Earth. In 1976, NASA\u2019s Viking I spacecraft, the first to successfully travel to and land on Mars, spotted a face. This turned out to be an eye trick that happens when light hits the mesa at a certain angle.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34238\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2023\/01\/30\/nasa-discovers-mars-formation-resembling-the-face-of-a-bear\/martianface_viking_960\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/MartianFace_Viking_960.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all\" data-orig-size=\"960,799\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"MartianFace_Viking_960\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/MartianFace_Viking_960.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=960\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/MartianFace_Viking_960.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34238\" width=\"606\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/MartianFace_Viking_960.jpg 960w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/MartianFace_Viking_960.jpg?resize=300,250 300w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/MartianFace_Viking_960.jpg?resize=768,639 768w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/MartianFace_Viking_960.jpg?resize=350,291 350w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/MartianFace_Viking_960.jpg?resize=140,117 140w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/MartianFace_Viking_960.jpg?resize=150,125 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A better example, also captured by Viking early in its mission, is the crater, Galle. Its happy face was first noticed in synoptic observations created by the curved mountain range in the southern part of the crater and two smaller separate mountain clusters that make up the eyes. The Universe works in mysterious ways, I guess\u2026<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34239\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2023\/01\/30\/nasa-discovers-mars-formation-resembling-the-face-of-a-bear\/happy_face\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/happy_face.gif\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"happy_face\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/happy_face.gif?w=1024\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/happy_face.gif?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34239\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"601\" data-attachment-id=\"34240\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2023\/01\/30\/nasa-discovers-mars-formation-resembling-the-face-of-a-bear\/smile\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/smile.gif\" data-orig-size=\"655,601\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"smile\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/smile.gif?w=655\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/smile.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34240\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can follow Arin on Twitter and Mastodon<\/p>\n<p><ins data-ad-format=\"auto\" class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3049143925983138\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; background-color: transparent; height: 280px;\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>More Mars-related stories:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>List of all active robots on and around Mars<\/li>\n<li>NASA\u2019s Insight lander captures sound of meteorites hitting Mars<\/li>\n<li>Perseverance rover finds organic matter in rock samples on Mars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Arizona, which operates the camera, shared the image in a&nbsp;tweet&nbsp;with a report breaking down how exactly the bear was formed. The eyes of the feature are two impact craters. The \u201cV-shaped collapse structure\u201d resembling a snout is a hill. And the circular facial pattern that outlines the head \u201cmight be due to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22059"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22059\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}