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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.
| quote: | | 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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Download and review ! Omega_M - In the Mix (Beta Version)
Originally posted by twilightki : It feels like something you'd listen to at 4 in the morning, or listen to in your car while you're going in a tunnel.
Last edited by Omega_M on Feb-26-2007 at 14:55
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