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The far side of the moon.
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| Omega_M |
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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| Vlad |
| damn, the moon has taken some serious punishment. |
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| dj_bas |
I think this video pretty much sums up everyone's feelings on the Moon.
Nah I'm just kidding, cool picture! |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| Great album. |
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| idoru |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Great album. |
+1
Nice photo as well. Saw it a while ago. |
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| nchs09 |
ya, pictures from space always have the "wow" factor  |
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| tranceDJ |
| quote: | 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. |
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| all-nite-freak |
| looks like my balls when they get ashy. |
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| LoveHate |
| so is that the dark side? |
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| idoru |
| quote: | Originally posted by LoveHate
so is that the dark side? |
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| medinaM5 |
| the moon needs more proactiv |
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| jdat |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Great album. |
indeed :toothless
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