Posted on 07/06/2009 3:01:27 AM PDT by james500
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has beamed back its first snaps of the Moon - images from the Mare Nubium region captured by the spacecraft's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, aka LROC:
LROC Principal Investigator Mark Robinson of Arizona State University explained: "Our first images were taken along the moon's terminator - the dividing line between day and night - making us initially unsure of how they would turn out. Because of the deep shadowing, subtle topography is exaggerated, suggesting a craggy and inhospitable surface.
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The LROC is in fact three cameras: Two narrow-angle instruments, designed to capture "high-resolution, black-and-white images of the surface, capturing images of the poles with resolutions down to 1 meter (about 3.3 feet)".
The other wide-angle camera is tasked with capturing "color and ultraviolet images over the complete lunar surface at 100-meter (almost 330-foot) resolution". NASA adds: "These images will show polar lighting conditions, identify potential resources and hazards, and aid selection of safe landing sites".
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Oh, look! Michael Jackson’s face without makeup!
Moon Boobies!
I think it gets very cold on the moon.
Bigfoot.
Probably a shadow of the Lunar Orbiter that took the picture.
Its all fake. They have a model of the moon in Arizona.
It hasn’t changed much in 40 years..........
‘0 clear this with his islamic masters?
Interesting features. A few of the craters look downright worn. A strange fissure on the left looks like it was created by volcanic-type activity.
That could be my backyard.
Money well squandered.
The “worn” craters are no doubt very old; perhaps formed early when the moon was still cooling. They look more “filled” than worn; perhaps dust/debris from subsequent impacts nearby.
Smoke and mirrors. “LookAtTheMoon, LookAtTheMoon”.
40 years after manned exploration, the astronauts who put their lives on the line to pioneer the missions have seen little forward effort on manned missions into space.
Someone had their thumb in front of the lens.
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