Something that looks like a grizzly bear spotted on Mars

By Dean Murray via SWNS

Is there life on Mars - in the form of a giant BEAR?

Boffins at NASA spotted what they say looks like a grizzly on the Red Planet.

The quirky image was taken in December by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter from a height of 155 miles.

The spacecraft used its HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera; the most powerful ever sent to another planet.

The space agency said: "A Bear on Mars? This feature looks a bit like a bear’s face. What is it really?

"There’s a hill with a V-shaped collapse 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," they add.