Monday, June 04, 2012

"Good Night, Moon"

Sunday, June 3, 2012


Full Moon 


100% lit


See all those craters, they all have names. Below is a really cool website where descriptions and names can be found. The one listed is the array at the 'bottom' of the photo. This is the link to the others (click here). It is called "The Full Moon Atlas."


The central southern region (click here) of the Moon's face, which is covered with a myriad of craters at every position. Included are Clavius (lower left corner), Tycho(near the left-center edge), Stöfler (near the right edge, above center),Maginus (just below center) and Orontius (just above center). Although not highly evident in the photograph below, Tycho is the source of one of Luna's most easily identifiable features — the massive ray system that dominates the southern hemisphere.