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Caves of the Moon

Posted by Soulskill on from the and-the-horrors-that-lurk-within dept.

jeno passes along this excerpt from New Scientist: "A deep hole on the moon that could open into a vast underground tunnel has been found for the first time. The discovery strengthens evidence for subsurface, lava-carved channels that could shield future human colonists from space radiation and other hazards. ... The hole measures 65 meters across, and based on images taken at a variety of sun angles, the hole is thought to extend down at least 80 meters. It sits in the middle of a rille, suggesting the hole leads into a lava tube as wide as 370 meters across."

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  1. oh yeah by nnnich · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    we're whalers on the moon we carry a harpoon though there ain't no whales so we tell tall tales and sing our whaling toon relevancy = 100
    better be a tag....

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