A creepy face has appeared on Jupiter's surface just in time for Halloween, and NASA has the photo to prove it.
On Sept. 7, the space agency's Juno spacecraft captured the spooky image during its 54th close flyby of Jupiter's northern regions, also known as Jet N7, according to a NASA statement.The eerie effect in the photo, which may call to mind Edvard Munch's"The Scream," was caused by turbulent clouds and storms careening across the gas giant's terminator, the dividing line between the planet's day and night sides.
This isn't the first time that otherworldly images have been seen in snapshots of Jupiter. Since Juno arrived in the planet's orbit in July 2016, the probe has captured numerous images of Jupiter's swirling clouds, which people have interpreted as everything from a Van Gogh painting to a dolphin. These result from a brain phenomenon known as pareidolia, in which viewers think they see faces or other images in random objects.