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LUB20276.gif188 - Rydberg Crater and surroundings56 visitenessun commento
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Mare Moscoviense.gif230 - Mare Moscoviense56 visitenessun commento
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Moon-Clem.JPG015 - The Moon (visible and near-infrared)54 visiteOne of the major scientific goals of the Clementine mission is to map the Moon in 11 different wavelengths in the visible and near-infrared parts of the spectrum. The filter colors of the Clementine cameras were carefully chosen to differentiate types of lunar surface material. In our first look at the global color, each Clementine image made by the UV/VIS camera has been reduced to its average value, producing a picture of the Moon at low resolution (about 50 kilometers per pixel). These pictures show the albedo (brightness) and color of the Moon from three aspects: the Earth-centered view (near side) with a 0 degree central longitude, and two far side views with 120 degrees East and 120 degrees West central longitudes. These images have been made by assigning colors to the relative reflectance values obtained through various filters, resulting in a map showing the compositional variation of the Moon.
Major compositional provinces in the highlands are evident. The large dark red-gray region on the far side is the South Pole-Aitken basin, an ancient impact feature that apparently contains rocks of distinct composition. A newly discovered compositional anomaly on the east limb of the Moon (pink area near center of 120 degrees East image) may be related to ancient flows of lava. The color picture shows that very high titanium lavas (deep blue and cyan colors) appear to be largely confined to the Oceanus Procellarum, Mare Imbrium, and Mare Tranquillitatis areas (near side). These views of the Moon in three colors only hint at the scientific richness contained within the Clementine global data, which will be investigated for years to come.
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MoonEclypse.JPG025 - Sun-Eclypse from Clementine56 visiteThis Startracker image shows the Moon eclipsing the Sun; the bright crescent Earth is partially visible at left, saturating the sensor.
The image was captured during orbit 164, on March 26, 1994, halfway through Moon mapping at a distance of about 3500 km.
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Moon_Full-STB.jpg026 - Earthshine57 visitenessun commento
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NearsideAlbedo.JPG007 - Nearside Albedo57 visiteGlobal map of the albedo from the 750-nanometer filter of the Clementine UV-VIS camera. This is the NearSide of the Moon, shown in Lambert equal-area projection.
Note the familiar appearance of the maria; the fresh, rayed crater near bottom center is Tycho.
This view has been subsampled to a resolution of about 1 Km per pixel, about 5 times lower than the full-resolution data.
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NorthPoleoftheMoon.JPG114 - North Polar Region55 visiteThis shows a 630-Km long mosaic of the Northern Polar Region along the 180° West Longitude line from 69° to 90° North Latitude.
Imaged by the UV/VIS camera.
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NorthPoleoftheMoon.JPG114 - North Polar Region (in natural colors)55 visitenessun commento
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OrientaleBasin&SC~0.JPG027 - Earthshine and Solar Corona over the Orientale Basin63 visiteThis fantastic view of the Moon was acquired by the Attitude Determination Camera (Startracker) on board Clementine.
The Moon is illuminated only by Earthshine - that is, sunlight reflected from the Earth to the Moon.
The Sun is actually behind the Moon, though the outer portion of the Sun, the Solar Corona, is visible over the limb.
The ringed basin disappearing into the darkness is the Orientale Basin.
deep shadows cast by its steep walls give a dramatic emphasis to its classic multi-ring morphology.
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Plato Crater.JPG091 - Plato Crater55 visitePlato crater imaged by the UV/VIS camera at 1 micron, from an altitude of about 485 Km.
Plato is situated at 51° North Lat. and 9° West Long.; North is up. The strip width of this mosaic is about 90 Km.
The smallest craters visible are roughly 600 meters across.
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Plato-UVVis.jpg090 - Plato Crater54 visitenessun commento
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PreSunrise.JPG028 - Pre Sunrise: Solar Corona, Stars, Dark Side and Near Side54 visiteThis presunrise Startracker image shows the Solar Corona, stars in the background and the Terminator between the dark side of the Moon and the area on the right, which is illuminated by light reflected from the Earth.
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