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A Half-Gigabyte View of the Moon

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the more-pixels-and-now dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A new 24,000-pixel-square half-gigabyte mosaic from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the Moon's nearside as never before. The 1,300 black-and-white frames were acquired during a two-week period in December 2010. There is also video of the half gig moon."

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  1. Re:Resolution by Zcar · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not this image.

    This is a mosaic from the LROC's wide angle camera. A rough, back-of-the-envelope calculate dividing the diameter of the moon by 24000 pixels suggests a spatial resolution around 140m.

    The 0.5m resolution is from the main camera. A 0.5m mosaic of the entire Earth-facing side of the moon would be on the order of 7000000x7000000 not 24000x24000.

  2. Re:Anyone know the location of the moon landings? by mbone · · Score: 3, Informative

    All the interesting stuff is on the far side of the moon. Wonder when they'll release those high-resolution photos...

    Like this one ?

    They are all available - I would suggest you start by browsing the gallery.

  3. Re:Two observations by mbone · · Score: 4, Informative

    Crater rows are typically secondary craters (i.e., the stuff splashed out of some larger impact).

  4. That's no moon... by aztektum · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wait. These pictures indicate it it is. Sorry, everyone! False alarm.

    I'm so embarrassed.

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