Sunday, February 08, 2015

NASA Provides View of Unseen Dark Side of the Moon


Using nearly five-years worth of mapping data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA has managed to provide a unique view of the moon from the side the cannot be seen from earth. The far side of the moon is home to one of the largest and oldest impact features in the solar system such as the South Pole-Aitken basin.
This video explains what it is like on the other side and details how the images were captured

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