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The Moon from CLEM-clm_usgs_08.jpgSchroteri Vallis from Clementine134 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Clementine color image of Vallis Schroteri, the largest known sinuous rille on the Moon. Located on the plateau of Aristarchus Crater, near 26° N, 309° E, Vallis Schroteri is about 160 Km long and up to 11 Km wide and 1 Km deep. Note the "cobra head" at the lower right, which is a vent marking the beginning of the rille. North is up (Clementine, USGS slide 8)".
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The Moon from CLEM-clm_usgs_18[1].jpgSchrodinger Impact Basin from Clementine143 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Clementine mosaic of the Schrodinger impact basin near the south pole of the Moon. The basin is 312 Km in diameter and centered at 67° S, 132° E. Note the smooth floor and the large inner ring. The dark area around the small crater just left of the center of the basin was probably caused by relatively recent volcanic ejecta. The South Pole is just off the upper left corner of the image (Clementine, USGS slide 18)".
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The Moon from Cassini-Huygens.jpgThe Moon from Cassini-Huygens - Lunar fly-by of Aug., 18, 199995 visiteUna serie di tre fotogrammi montati in sequenza e relativi al passaggio ravvicinato ("fly-by") della Sonda Cassini-Huygens accanto alla Luna. Era il 18 Agosto 1999. Ed eccoVi la "original caption" relativa a questo evento, dal "NASA Picture of the Day" del 10 Settembre 1999: "...the Cassini spacecraft flew by the Earth and Moon, then continued on its way to the outer solar system. Near its closest approach to the Moon, a distance of about 377.000 Km, controllers tested Cassini's imaging systems on this most familiar celestial body. This composite picture shows three resulting lunar images from the green, blue, and ultraviolet regions of the spectrum (left to right). Prominant in the upper right of each image is the dark, round Mare Crisium (Sea of Crises) at the eastern edge of the Moon's near side. With its cameras clearly functioning well, Cassini's (...) expected to arrive at its final destination, the Saturnian system, in 2004".
La storia, come sapete, ha avuto un lieto finale.
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The Moon from Clem-usgs_19.jpgRising Earth over the Moon's North Pole135 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Clementine colorized image showing the full Earth over the Moon's North Pole. The angular distance between the Earth and the Moon has been reduced for illustration pruposes.
This image was taken by the UV/visible camera at the end of mapping orbit 102 on 13 March 1994.
The 109 km diameter Crater Plaskett is in the foreground at 82° North and 174° East (Clementine, USGS slide 19)".
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The Moon from ESO.jpgThe Moon from European Space Obs.124 visiteDa "NASA - Picture of the Day" del 12.02.1999: "Late last month, NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft moved in for a closer look at the Moon. Now entering an extended mission phase, controllers have reduced the altitude of this polar lunar orbiter from 100 Km to about 30 Km. Having mapped global properties and recorded evidence for water-ice at the lunar poles, the lower orbit allows Prospector's instruments to gather valuable confirming data at higher resolutions. The new orbit is not without some risk, though, and maneuvers are required every 28 days to maintain it. Should the maneuvers fail to be performed, the spacecraft would impact the surface only two days later. This lunar close-up was recorded by the European Southern Observatory's new WFI camera. It shows dramatic shadows and contrasting terrain near the prominent Gassendi crater at the northern edge of the Moon's Mare Humorum".
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The Moon from Galileo-gal_p37329.jpgThe Western Hemisphere of the Moon from Galileo102 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Galileo color image of the Moon showing the western hemisphere and Orientale Basin. The Orientale Basin is just left of the center of the image, at 20° S, 265° E, and has a diameter of about 1000 Km. The right side of the image is on the Moon's near side and left on the far side. The dark area at upper right is Oceanus Procellarum while below it is the circular Mare Humorum. The dark region at lower left is the South-Pole-Aitken basin. The image was produced from three exposures, through violet, red, and near-IR filters, from roughly 560,000 km. (Galileo, P-37329)".
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The Moon in colors.jpgThe "Colors" of the Moon88 visiteDa "NASA - Picture of the Day" del 16 Febbraio 2006:"Earth's Moon is normally seen in subtle shades of grey or yellow. In this view small color differences have been greatly exaggerated to make this dramatic mosaic image of the Moon's gibbous phase. The familiar Sea of Tranquillity (Mare Tranquillitatis) is the blue area right of center. White lines radiate from the crater Tycho at bottom left, while purplish tones mottle the crater Copernicus left of center.
Though exaggerated, the different colors are recognized to correspond to real differences in the chemical makeup of the lunar surface - blue hues reveal Titanium rich areas while orange and purple colors show regions relatively poor in Titanium and Iron. Calibrated by rock samples from the Apollo missions, similar multicolor images from spacecraft have been used to explore the Moon's global surface composition".
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The Moon-00.jpgThe Moon, in natural colors, from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (1)60 visitenessun commento
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The Moon-01.jpgThe Moon, in blue-green filters, from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (2)61 visitenessun commento
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The Moon-02.jpgThe Moon, in infrared, from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (3)59 visitenessun commento
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The Moon-04.jpgThe Moon, in red filter, from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (4)62 visitenessun commento
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The Moon-05.jpgThe Moon, full frame, from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (5)67 visitenessun commento
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