Face on Moon South Pole

"The Face" near the Moon's South Pole

The Face on Moon South Pole is a region on the Moon (81.9° south latitude and 39.27° east longitude) that was detected automatically in an image from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter by a computer system using face recognition technologies,[1] as a result of a project that was part of the International Space App Challenge 2013 Tokyo. It is composed of craters and shadows on the Moon's surface that, together, form an image resembling a face.[2]

  1. ^ Kurihara, Kazutaka; Takasu, Masakazu; Sasao, Kazuhiro; Seki, Hal; Narabu, Takayuki; Yamamoto, Mitsuo; Iida, Satoshi; Yamamoto, Hiroyuki (2013). "A Face-Like Structure Detection on Planet and Satellite Surfaces Using Image Processing". Kurihara, K., Takasu, M., Sasao, K., Seki, H., Narabu, T., Yamamoto, M., Iida, S., Yamamoto, H.: A Face-like Structure Detection on Planet and Satellite Surfaces using Image Processing. ;CoRR(2013). Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 8253. pp. 564–567. arXiv:1306.3032. Bibcode:2013arXiv1306.3032K. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-03161-3_54. ISBN 978-3-319-03160-6. S2CID 10130230.
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