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The surface of the asteroid Ryugu taken by Hayabusa-2 (lemmy.world)
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[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Perhaps because you can see mountains at the same scale that allows you to clearly see the object's horizon/curvature. It would be like if Earth had mountains thousands of miles high. It's a landscape that feels deeply unnatural.