First hi-res images of the moon
The first high-resolution images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) have been have been released. The LRO reached the moon on June 23 and the two cameras on board, collectively known as LROC (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera), were activated on June 30.
The images were taken over the region in the lunar highlands south of Mare Nubium (Sea of Clouds).
This image shows a region 1,400 metres wide and features as small as 3 metres wide are discernible. What makes this exciting to me is that this is a very human scale. You can actually imagine yourself walking the short distance, through a museum of craters. The smaller craters would be no bigger than a suburban swimming pool.
I also can’t wait for images from the original landing sites – presumably the tracks left in the sand by the lunar buggy would be visible.
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