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Cups & Saucers
8.04.2005 | Lunnoe foto dnya
The word crater is Greek for cup, so it is not surprising that the much more shallow depressions on the floor of Ptolemaeus are called saucers. What is not widely known is that similar cups and saucers occur on the floor of Ptolemaeus near neighbor Albategnius.
Northern Arc
7.04.2005 | Lunnoe foto dnya
The terminator runs N-S, but many geologic structures dont. Because of this, as we observe an individual large feature we see different parts of it under varying illuminations. Paco Bellidos remarkable (shot with...
Donut
6.04.2005 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Recently Danny Caes, the indefatigable explorer of ancient Apollo photos, reported that he had found two images of the concentric crater Crozier H. This LPOD shows the Apollo 16 view (in a sepia tone to indicate antiquity) and a Lunar Orbiter IV view from a previous LPOD.
Moon & Mercury
5.04.2005 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Moon over Hawaii, and over Mercury too. This was the scene in March when Howard leaned his camera against a post and used the timer to acquire this evocative image. Hawaii is a good...
Fabulous Furnerius
4.04.2005 | Lunnoe foto dnya
On June 29, 2004 LPOD presented Fantastic Furnerius, the best image of that crater I had ever seen. Today that title of best ever gets passed to this new image, illustrating rapid improvement, due in part to the continuing stimulation of great images.
A Wondrous Image!
3.04.2005 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Like a comet, the Oppel Ridge widens and becomes less conspicuous where it streaks away from a small nameless crater along the northern shore of Mare Crisium. Oppel is part of the circular mare...
Purblind? No!
2.04.2005 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Purblind - lacking in vision, insight, or understanding. Merriam-Webster Online. Purbach a lunar crater which requires good vision to see all the details and understanding of geologic processes to interpret! Purbach is an 118 km diameter crater in the highlands east of the Straight Wall.
LPOD Image of the Month - March 2005
1.04.2005 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Congratulations Wes! From March 26: Schiller is not the largest crater on the Moon but it is probably the least circular. Its length of 180 km and width of 70 km implies that it has had an unusual origin, as discussed in a previous LPOD.
S by SE
31.03.2005 | Lunnoe foto dnya
The region near the lunar south pole is often observed because of the attractions of its tall mountains and shadow-shrouded craters. But away from the pole, especially sliding along the limb to the east are less familiar sights with craters that few of us could easily name.
A Looong Lunar Exposure
30.03.2005 | Lunnoe foto dnya
The Moon is the brightest object in the night sky and sometimes imagers have a hard time getting a short enough exposure. But this image is 6 hours long! The Moon is clearly overexposed but not too much as it traces its nightly movement across the sky of the Belgium city of Ghent.