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za fevral' 2005 goda.
A Fractured Plateau
27.02.2005 | Lunnoe foto dnya
The Aristarchus Plateau is trapezoid of mystery - an island of roughness and uniqueness in northern Oceanus Procellarum. Try to ignore the unrelated addition of gaudy Aristarchus and its wreath of ejecta that obscures the Plateau’s southeastern end. Just look at the structure of the Plateau.
One Crater’s Nomenclature
26.02.2005 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Lunar nomenclature is such a trivial bugaboo. It is trivial in the sense that it has no physical reality and it is much less interesting than the craters, rilles, mountains it denotes. But clear, well defined nomenclature is essential if you want to efficiently communicate anything about those features.
A Warhorse, Again
25.02.2005 | Lunnoe foto dnya
At classical music radio stations (a dying breed), program directors refer to The 1812 Overture, Beethoven’s 9th symphony, Capriccio Italian, and similar popular classics as warhorses. These very well known compositions are guaranteed crowd pleasers, but playing them reduces opportunities to hear other interesting, but less famous music.
Did A River Run Through It?
24.02.2005 | Lunnoe foto dnya
The lunar maria are composed of untold numbers of lava flows, but only rarely are the actual flows, or more accurately, their margins, detectable. Looking at Mike Wirths’ latest image of the region...
Dvoinoe udovol'stvie
23.02.2005 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Problema s lunnymi nablyudeniyami zaklyuchaetsya v tom, chto eto maniya nochnogo vremeni — ya hochu skazat', deyatel'nost'. No inogda byvaet oblachnye nochi, ili ustalost', ili to, chto detal' lunnoi poverhnosti bliz terminatora, kotoruyu ya hotel posmotret', byla tam neskol'ko chasov nazad. Etot LPOD demonstriruet, chto dnevnoi svet ne prepyatstvie dlya prevoshodnoi lunnoi fotografii.
The Big and Little of It
22.02.2005 | Lunnoe foto dnya
The Moon is far from constant. It varies visibly in size and shape more than any other celestial object. But it is harder to tell – almost impossible visibly? – that the Moon also varies in actual size as seen from Earth. The reason for this variation is simple.
New Light On A Familiar Domefield
21.02.2005 | Lunnoe foto dnya
This is the best mage of the Hortensius domes I have ever seen. It shows the domes and surrounding area so well that a new description is warranted. Dome 1 (see note below) is a perfect example of a hemispherical dome with a centered summit pit and well-defined edge where it meets the surrounding mare.
Its Just a Phase
20.02.2005 | Lunnoe foto dnya
The public is often ignorant of the most basic facts of science. A scientifically literate public is important to fight school boards which try to force intelligent design and creationism down our children’s minds.
Scattered Impressions of a Boundary Zone
19.02.2005 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Closeup views of individual features can provide details of their structure and hence clues to their origin and evolution. But wider perspectives of an entire mare basin or region are like a plate of appetizers – offering delectable morsels of a variety of flavors.
Smotrya skvoz' Vostochnoe more
18.02.2005 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Ya nikogda ne mogu uvidet' slishkom mnogo Vostochnogo morya. Pravda est' snyatye Lunar Orbiter zamechatel'nye podrobnye izobrazheniya etogo morya v vysokom razreshenii, kotorye pokazyvayut bol'she togo, chto my vidim s Zemli, no ya lyublyu smotret' skvoz' Vostochnoe more i nablyudat' Gory Ruka, vonzayushiesya v chernoe lunnoe nebo.