Space is the place
Space is the place
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Dark Side of the Moon
- Looks pretty lit.palimpsest
- you can't call it the dark side any more. it's the FAR sidehans_glib
- The Gary Larson side of the moon.Akagiyama
- There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact, it's all dark.fooler
- looks like asspango
- I'm going to dork out, but here we go: This is an older photo, and there's no "dark side of the moon. This blotch is the largest lunar maria..garbage
- ..which are ancient lava fields that render the rocks less reflective than the others. What you're seeing is named "Ocean of Storms"..garbage
- ..because it is potmarked with impact zones. It has stared at humanity since we have existed, and spawned countless superstitions / faiths.garbage
- That ancient lavabed is literally the man in moon. /spacenerdgarbage
- What kind of flash do you think they used?Ianbolton
- Thanks garbage, I enjoyed that (not sarcasm).slappy
- Absolutely. Bonus bit: that bright white zit you see there is the Aristarchus crater. It's about 25 miles wide, 2 miles deep.garbage
- Any bright spot is an impact crater that hasn't yet been covered up by lunar weather patterns. It's relatively fresh impact (estimated 450 million years ago).garbage
- All this to say, I have a hunch we might be tiny.garbage