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<em>image by [mailto:marioweigand@gmx.de Mario Weigand], Offenbach am Main / Germany</em><br /> | <em>image by [mailto:marioweigand@gmx.de Mario Weigand], Offenbach am Main / Germany</em><br /> | ||
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| − | One of the remarkable things about whatever the material is that covered the original floor of Albategnius | + | One of the remarkable things about whatever the material is that covered the original floor of Albategnius |
| − | is that it didn't spread and smooth out underlying irregularities. Mario's marvelous low light view captures | + | is that it didn't spread and smooth out underlying irregularities. Mario's marvelous low light view captures |
| − | the shallow depressions that mark buried craters and crater chains. The surface is relatively smooth so | + | the shallow depressions that mark buried craters and crater chains. The surface is relatively smooth so |
| − | the material did flow, but it seems to have been stiff enough to not be compressible and to not fill in nearby | + | the material did flow, but it seems to have been stiff enough to not be compressible and to not fill in nearby |
| − | lows. If water had been splashed into the crater its fluidity would allowed it to achieve an equipotential | + | lows. If water had been splashed into the crater its fluidity would allowed it to achieve an equipotential surface, obliterating the low spots. I suppose that a mathematically clever person could derive innformation |
| − | + | about the physical characteristics of the flow material - presumably Imbrium ejecta (because there are no | |
| − | about the physical characteristics of the flow material - presumably Imbrium ejecta (because there are no | + | dark halo craters indicating buried basalt). But I am satisfied to have a qualitative understanding and to |
| − | dark halo craters indicating buried basalt). But I am satisfied to have a qualitative understanding and to | + | enjoy the impact crater placed on the crater's central peak, ready to lure out old defenders of volcanism. |
| − | enjoy the impact crater placed on the crater's central peak, ready to lure out old defenders of volcanism.<br /> | + | <br /> |
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<em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</em><br /> | <em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</em><br /> | ||
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<strong>Related Links</strong><br /> | <strong>Related Links</strong><br /> | ||
| − | Rükl plates [ | + | Rükl plates [https://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl_44 44]<br /> |
Mario's [http://www.SkyTrip.de website]<br /> | Mario's [http://www.SkyTrip.de website]<br /> | ||
| − | Two earlier views: [ | + | Two earlier views: [[April_8,_2005|1]] and [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/April_24,_2009 2]<br /> |
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| + | <p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[April 29, 2011|Sizing Up the Solar System]] </p> | ||
| + | <p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[May 1, 2011|A Little Slice of Solitude]] </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:23, 28 October 2018
Miracle Material
image by Mario Weigand, Offenbach am Main / Germany
One of the remarkable things about whatever the material is that covered the original floor of Albategnius
is that it didn't spread and smooth out underlying irregularities. Mario's marvelous low light view captures
the shallow depressions that mark buried craters and crater chains. The surface is relatively smooth so
the material did flow, but it seems to have been stiff enough to not be compressible and to not fill in nearby
lows. If water had been splashed into the crater its fluidity would allowed it to achieve an equipotential surface, obliterating the low spots. I suppose that a mathematically clever person could derive innformation
about the physical characteristics of the flow material - presumably Imbrium ejecta (because there are no
dark halo craters indicating buried basalt). But I am satisfied to have a qualitative understanding and to
enjoy the impact crater placed on the crater's central peak, ready to lure out old defenders of volcanism.
Chuck Wood
OT: Lunar green flashes.
Technical Details
See bottom of image
Related Links
Rükl plates 44
Mario's website
Two earlier views: 1 and 2
Yesterday's LPOD: Sizing Up the Solar System
Tomorrow's LPOD: A Little Slice of Solitude
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