• Question: is there really a face on the moon?

    Asked by chalier to Helen on 21 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Helen Johnson

      Helen Johnson answered on 21 Nov 2014:

      Nope, it’s just the light from the Sun hitting the craters on the surface, which sometimes make it look a little bit like that. The moon is really cratered because it doesn’t have an atmosphere and no processes like weather/geological activity to cover the craters up once they’ve formed.

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