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Craters On The Moon

The craters of the moon that make up the ‘face’ on the south pole have been preserved for billions of years. The moon’s exterior is 16% composed of these craters. These craters have been made by meteors and can be up to 1,600 miles across. Due to the absence of an atmosphere, the moon can not protect itself from outer threats like these meteors. Craters are often covered with a mixture of fine dust and rocky debris called regolith. Some research conducted through Clementine suggests that there is also water and ice in some craters all over the Moon. The craters themselves show a past of being filled with molten lava.

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Other Formations In Space

The face on the moon is very similar to the face on mars. During the Viking 1 Mission, craters on Mars’ surface caught the public’s eye as it formed an eerily realistic face. While the face on the moon is more inverted, the face on Mars is a three-dimensional mound resembling a human face. The face on Mars was discovered in 1976 but the face on the moon was discovered very recently in 2013. Also, the face on Mars was seen on the middle of the planet while the face on the Moon is on the southern part. The region where the Mars face is called Cydonia. There are also multiple other formations on Mars. There is a specific cluster of mountainous terrain that looks like a smiley face and a skull-like tableland. There is also a volcano that sports a lava flow indentation that strongly resembles Kermit the Frog from the Muppets. There seem to be landscape formations all around the world that remind the human mind of other common images. Some see the Cookie Monster in parts of Mercury and images resembling an eye in the Helix Nebula. On Mercury, you can see a very clear collection of craters that form Mickey Mouse.

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