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1st Video of Moon's Far Side

Posted by timothy on from the obviously-faked dept.

chill writes "A gravity-mapping spacecraft orbiting the moon has beamed home its first video of the lunar far side — a view people on Earth never see. Because the moon is tidally locked with Earth, it only presents one face to the planet's surface (the near side). The side of the moon that faces away from Earth is the far side. Only robotic spacecraft and Apollo astronauts who orbited the moon in the 1960s and 1970s have seen the far side of the moon directly."

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  1. Dark Side by Dave+Whiteside · · Score: 2, Funny

    What gives ? it's not dark - or is that because of some jedi mind trick ... [seriously cool though]

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    1. Re:Dark Side by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      There is no far side of the moon, really... as a matter of fact, it's ALL far.

    2. Re:Dark Side by instagib · · Score: 5, Funny

      I just heard the refraction of light as it WHOOSHES through a prism...

  2. Clearly a fake by TheGreatOrangePeel · · Score: 4, Funny

    The video is clearly a fake. It didn't say, "mystery science theater 3000" ANYWHERE on the surface and I think we all know how largely it's written.

  3. Dark Side of the Moon by bigredradio · · Score: 4, Funny

    There's no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark.

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  4. Disappointed by Rik+Sweeney · · Score: 4, Funny

    No hidden Nazis, Communist strike force, or Transformers.

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    1. Re:Disappointed by decipher_saint · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's no space station. It's a moon!

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  5. Re:Crater witih + sign by Rik+Sweeney · · Score: 3, Funny

    Whats the crater on the bottom right with the PLUS + sign thing in it?

    Bloody hell, Google's taking the social networking war to the next level.

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  6. Re:Pink Floyd by mbkennel · · Score: 3, Funny

    Chewie I've got a bad feeling about this.