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PlatoCrater-06.jpgPlato Crater (2)75 visitenessun commento
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-Earth&Moon from Nozomi.jpgThe Earth-Moon System from Nozomi72 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Japan launched its first mission to orbit Mars, Nozomi (Hope), on July 3rd, 1998, from the Kagoshima Space Center on the island of Kyushu. Nozomi's goal is to explore the Martian atmosphere and magnetic field as well as Regions of the Planet's surface and Moons. Formerly known as Planet-B, the spacecraft will use highly elliptical orbits with successive Earth/Moon flybys to help slingshot itself along its ultimate trajectory toward Mars, arriving at the Red Planet in October 1999. This stunning picture of the crescent Earth-Moon system was taken by Nozomi's onboard camera on July 18 from a point in space about 100.000 miles from the Earth and 320.000 miles from the Moon. Vibrant and bright, the reflective clouds and oceans of Earth contrast strongly with the dark, somber tones of the Lunar Surface".
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-The Moon.jpgThe North Pole of the Moon72 visiteCaption NASA originale:"This arresting image of the third quarter Moon in the excellent skies above the Pine Crest Farm Observatory, Dell Prairie, Wisconsin, was recorded with a 24" telescope and digital camera on October 19, 2000. Marvelously detailed, especially along the terminator or shadow line between lunar night and day, this cropped version of the full mosaicked image shows the cratered North Polar Region and the broad smooth Mare Imbrium. Notable at the northern edge of the Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) is the 95 Km wide dark crater Plato, while the dramatic straight "cut" to the right of Plato, (toward the terminator) is the Vallis Alpes (Alpine Valley). The long, graceful arc of the lunar Montes Apenninus in the lower portion of the image sweeps Southward along the boundary of the mare toward the left and ends near the bright ray crater Copernicus at the picture's edge. In 1971, Apollo 15 landed near the gap beyond the opposite (northern) end of the Montes Apenninus arc".
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Triesnecker-01.jpgTriesnecker (2)71 visitenessun commento
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Moon Panorama - 4.jpgMoon Panorama (5)71 visitenessun commento
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Moon-SouthernSide.jpgThe Southern Highlands of the Moon (Moretus and Curtius)71 visiteCaption NASA:"The Moon's South Pole is near the top of this sharp telescopic view looking across the Southern Lunar Highlands. Recorded on August 3rd, 2007, from Tecumseh, Oklahoma, planet Earth, the foreshortened perspective heightens the impression of a dense field of craters and makes the craters themselves appear more oval shaped. The prominent crater in the foreground, Moretus, has a diameter of 114 Km and lies just west (left) of the Moon's Central Meridian. For large lunar craters, Moretus is young and features terraced inner walls and a 2,1 Km high, bright central peak, similar in appearance to the more northerly crater Tycho. Just to the right of Moretus is the 95 Km diameter crater Curtius.
Curtius has older, rounded walls marked by smaller, more recent impact craters".MareKromium
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Triesnecker-02.jpgTriesnecker (3) - detail mgnf70 visitenessun commento
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The Moon - Near Side - Galileo.JPGThe "Near-Side" of the Moon, from Galileo70 visitenessun commento
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Moon Panorama - 2.jpgMoon Panorama (3)68 visitenessun commento
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-Lunar South Pole.jpgNo "Lunar Ice" at the South Pole...67 visite"...a new radar survey of the Moon’s Southern Pole has cast doubt on the hope that there might be accessible deposits of water ice in permanently dark craters. This new survey, performed with the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, found elevated Hydrogen levels in regions of bright sunlight - not just inside the shadowed walls of craters. It seems that scattered rocks associated with impact craters have given previous instruments a false reading...".
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Triesnecker-00.jpgTriesnecker (1)66 visitenessun commento
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The Moon-01.jpgThe Moon, in blue-green filters, from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (2)66 visitenessun commento
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