General · 8 April 2026
People see "smiley face" in new moon photos
Images from NASA's Artemis II mission have sparked online discussions, with many seeing a human-like face on the moon. The crew photographed the Orientale Basin, a vast impact basin on the far side, which had never been fully photographed at close range before. Viewers compared the pattern to viral pygmy hippopotamus Moo Deng or the robotic cat character Doraemon.
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