Halloween may be over, but high in the desolate heart of the Sahara Desert, nature has provided us with one last naturally occurring spook in the form of an eerie, almost skull-like face staring up from a massive volcanic crater.

The Trou au Natron is a volcanic mountain in Chad. The locals call it Doon Orei, which translates to “big hole,” proving that a lack of creativity in naming things is a trait shared by many cultures. It’s 3300 feet wide, and its volcanic pit was carved out by a massive eruption hundreds of thousands of years ago.

When you see it from the ground, there isn’t anything particularly remarkable about it. But when viewed through satellite imagery, its creepiness is revealed: a white face with dark eyes that looks like it’s giving the earth a ghostly visage.

It’s not

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