Google Mars map coordinates: 79°24'28.73"S 6°34'44.17"W

This staggering Google Mars screenshot appears to show the first sign of a message from another planet.The galactic phenomenon was captured by an avid amateur astronomer who saw the SMILEY FACE when exploring the mysterious red planet on his computer.The keen Mars hobbyist – known on YouTube as TheCalifornian – spotted the grinning geographical anomaly on the extra-terrestrial version of Google Earth.Although unconfirmed, it appears that the photo is likely a satellite shot of the heavily-documented Galle crater.Named after astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle, the curved mountain range is often refereed to as the 'happy face crater'First discovered in January 2008 by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the smiling face measures more than 230 kilometres in diameter.