IFL Science
By Tom Hale
November 2, 2023
While cruising high above the Sahara desert (around 400 kilometers), an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) spotted a giant ghostly skull staring back at them. Fortunately, it isn’t the bones of an ancient giant, nor the entrance to the lair of an evil genus, but a strangely shaped volcanic crater.
The image was shared by NASA Earth Observatory on Halloween, but it was taken on February 12, 2023, by an ISS astronaut simply using a Nikon D5 digital camera.