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Private spacecraft circling moon snaps photo with strange optical illusion

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Tokyo company ispace released a fresh photo from its lunar lander Resilience .

The snapshot reveals the lunar south pole, a highly sought region by NASA and other spacefaring competitors.

Some viewers may not see the pictured craters denting the surface as they are.

The reason they may appear as the latter is a relief inversion phenomenon.