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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Sunrise at Tycho
NASA ^ | January 04, 2012 | (see photo credit)

Posted on 01/04/2013 6:23:45 PM PST by SunkenCiv

Explanation: Tycho crater's central peak complex casts a long, dark shadow near local sunrise in this spectacular lunarscape. The dramatic oblique view was recorded on June 10, 2011 by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Shown in amazing detail, boulder strewn slopes and jagged shadows appear in the highest resolution version at 1.5 meters per pixel. The rugged complex is about 15 kilometers wide, formed in uplift by the giant impact that created the well-known ray crater 100 million years ago. The summit of its central peak reaches 2 kilometers above the Tycho crater floor.

January 04, 2012


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; lro; moon; nasa; science; tycho
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To: Moonman62

Yeah, but I think any modern large-scale excavation, like just digging out the foundation a large building, looks similar to that scene.


21 posted on 01/05/2013 8:41:26 AM PST by Boogieman
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