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Posted by Omega_M on Feb-26-2007 06:28:

The far side of the moon.

Check out this pic taken by an astronaut from the Apollo 16 mission. This is the other side of the moon.
I was browsing Astronomy Picture of the day and this was the pic of the day. We will never see the other side of the moon from the earth.

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Does this moon look familiar? Possibly not, even though it is Earth's Moon. Locked in synchronous rotation, the Moon always presents its well-known near side to Earth. But from lunar orbit, Apollo astronauts also grew to know the Moon's far side. This sharp picture from Apollo 16's mapping camera shows the eastern edge of the familiar near side (top) and the strange and heavily cratered far side of the Moon. Surprisingly, the rough and battered surface of the far side looks very different from the near side which is covered with smooth dark lunar maria. The likely explanation is that the far side crust is thicker, making it harder for molten material from the interior to flow to the surface and form the smooth maria.

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Posted by Vlad on Feb-26-2007 06:32:

damn, the moon has taken some serious punishment.

Posted by bas on Feb-26-2007 06:33:

I think this video pretty much sums up everyone's feelings on the Moon.

Nah I'm just kidding, cool picture!

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Feb-26-2007 06:36:

Great album.

Posted by idoru on Feb-26-2007 06:37:

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Great album.

+1

Nice photo as well. Saw it a while ago.

Posted by nchs09 on Feb-26-2007 06:41:

ya, pictures from space always have the "wow" factor

Posted by tranceDJ on Feb-26-2007 06:50:

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Originally posted by Vlad
damn, the moon has taken some serious punishment.

The Earth has probably taken even more punishment, we just don't see it because the Earth is geologically active with plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, etc. to cover them up over time. Since the moon is geologically dead, it bears all the scars from asteroids and other objects colliding with it.

Posted by all-nite-freak on Feb-26-2007 07:05:

looks like my balls when they get ashy.

Posted by LoveHate on Feb-26-2007 07:26:

so is that the dark side?

Posted by idoru on Feb-26-2007 07:27:

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Originally posted by LoveHate
so is that the dark side?

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Posted by medinaM5 on Feb-26-2007 07:34:

the moon needs more proactiv

Posted by jdat on Feb-26-2007 12:48:

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Great album.

indeed

Posted by M.Johan on Feb-26-2007 12:53:

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Originally posted by idoru
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Posted by AndreaCKY772 on Feb-26-2007 14:04:

looks like a giant pumice stone...

Posted by Omega_M on Feb-26-2007 14:54:

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Originally posted by LoveHate
so is that the dark side?

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The far side should not be confused with the "dark side" (the hemisphere that is not illuminated by the Sun), as the two are the same only during a full moon. Both the near and far sides receive (on average) almost equal amounts of light from the Sun.

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