Mars is a planet lots of people are interested in finding out more about and the exploration of the red planet is already well underway.
Rovers currently stationed on Mars have captured some incredible images, but Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recently snapped something rather unusual!
It came across a crater on the planet with a rather human resemblance - it's shaped like an ear!
The cool crater was spotted by the MRO HiRise camera team based at the University of Arizona.
"Is it pareidolia, where we see patterns where they do not really exist, if the shape really does resemble something?" the team posted on social media along with an image of the ear-shaped crater.
"In this case, we're looking at an odd-shaped impact crater that looks a great deal like an ear."
The crater is believed to be just over 1,800 metres in width and is located in Chryse Planitia in the Northern Hemisphere of Mars.
The 'ear' crater isn't the only oddly shaped discovery that's been found on the Red Planet, The Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) came across this 'Happy Face' crater all the way back in 1999!
The hole, which is officially known as the Galle Crater, was first snapped near its location on the east side of Argyre Planitia.
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