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November 17, 2007
Getting Mooned in HD, and in colors
- The Japanese Kaguya probe has returned HD video footage shot as the probe flew over of the Moon's surface. [Via] CNET is hosting a gallery of "Earthrise" photos. Dig this shot from Apollo 8, too.
- Over on ColourLovers, Craig Conley points out colorful lunar maps depicting the layout of mineral deposits on the Moon's surface. You can get the complete originals from the US Geological Survey site. Here are a couple of examples in vector and raster form.
Comments
Takes me back to Uni - I studied Astronomy + Geology, but don't recall seeing such a nice map of the moon before.
John - I think you'll really like 'Full Moon' a collection of Apollo Lunar images collected by Michael Light. Beautiful images, printed beautifully. Also contains one of my all time favourite images, a colour family snapshot laid on the near colourless Moon's surface.
[Very cool; thanks for the recommendation. Michael Light's 100Suns also sounds pretty captivating. --J.]
I'm going to have to check that one out. It's amazing how something so devastating can also be so beautiful.