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	The Mars Face, Eros By Robert Roy Britt Senior Science Writer posted: 07:00 am ET 14 February 2001

Eros' Menacing Face

IMAGE: NASA/NEAR/JHUAPL

Less popularized, but obviously more menacing, is the face found on asteroid Eros, seen here glaring off to the right.

The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker took this picture of the southern part of Eros' eastern hemisphere on October 28, 2000, from 120 miles (194 kilometers) up.

Alas, researchers say "very oblique lighting" creates the illusion of a face.

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