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Full Moon and High Res
21.12.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Almost all of the really great LPOD images are dramatic low sun conditions, views that enhance low relief features. But this image by Paolo Lazzaroti demonstrates that good pictures and new information also come from high sun images with high resolution and good tonal values.
Bi-Colored Moon
20.12.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Early this year, Portuguese imager Filipe Aves demonstrated that a normal digital camera can capture the subtle colors of the lunar surface and that relatively simple processing can enhance them. Filipe's latest image reflects his continuing refinement of the technique, including stacking images to reduce noise and increase color saturation.
Half Moon in Broward
19.12.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Lunar globes are rare and wonderful. That's how I started the March 9, 2004 LPOD describing a lunar hemisphere model in Tucson. Moon globes and even half globes still are wonderful but there are more around than I realized.
Ho Hum, Plato Again
18.12.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Another spectacular image of Plato! Such superb images are getting almost routine now; at least for the very best lunar imagers. This view by Wes Higgins with his new 18" telescope shows many craters down to about 700 m in diameter (see mouseover).
Roris Rump
17.12.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Is Rumker a unique feature, or just the largest dome on the Moon? Its large size (70 km) and complex - pimpled - topography suggests that it is at least different in scale from classical domes. The only comparable lunar bump is the same-sized Gardner Megadome.
A Doctor on the Moon
16.12.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
When I was young - 8 or 9 maybe - I read Hugh Lofting's books about Dr. Dolittle, a wise doctor who had the gift of talking to animals and plants. Dr. Dolittle went on various expeditions, including in this 1928 volume, to the Moon.
All But Armstrong
15.12.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
The last human mission to the Moon ended 32 years ago this week, and it will probably be the last one of my lifetime. It is almost historically unbelievable that humans have turned their backs on the universe. As a species, over hundreds of future years, we will colonize the solar system and beyond.
Awesome Valley
14.12.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
I am running out of adjectives to describe the excellence of images taken by LPOD contributors. I haven't become jaded: Ho-hum, another brilliant image..., rather, I keep being amazed at seeing feature after feature, better than ever before. Take Stephen Keene's masterful image of the Alpine Valley, for instance.
Lunar 100 Completed!
13.12.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
We have a winner! In the April 2004 Sky & Telescope I presented a list of 100 interesting lunar features - the Lunar 100 - and wondered how long it would be before an enterprising observer would see them all. The answer is about 7 months.
Zebra Crater
12.12.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
The Zebra and the Shoeprint were nicely on the terminator when Mike Wirth took this single image in poor seeing. Look at Schickard under high sun and you can clearly see what is just barely visible under this low illumination: a light stripe crosses the middle of the crater, and its ends are dark.