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<em>image by [mailto:ychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</em><br /> | <em>image by [mailto:ychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</em><br /> | ||
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| − | Recognize this? Probably not, because it hasn't been released yet. In March at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference | + | Recognize this? Probably not, because it hasn't been released yet. In March at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference |
| − | the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera team tacked up on the wall a number of photographic prints of spectacular LRO | + | the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera team tacked up on the wall a number of photographic prints of spectacular LRO |
| − | images. This is a full Moon illumination for nearly the entire lunar globe. My iPhone snapshot fails to do it justice - it is a WAC | + | images. This is a full Moon illumination for nearly the entire lunar globe. My iPhone snapshot fails to do it justice - it is a WAC |
| − | mosaic similar to the one used for the LRO QuickMap, except this is for high Sun. It is like the Clementine mosaic except with | + | mosaic similar to the one used for the LRO QuickMap, except this is for high Sun. It is like the Clementine mosaic except with |
| − | better resolution (100 m, I presume) and better depiction of tonal gradations. I hope that this mosaic will show up some day as | + | better resolution (100 m, I presume) and better depiction of tonal gradations. I hope that this mosaic will show up some day as |
| − | a layer option on the QuickMap. And I hope that there will be more global mosaics, perhaps a low Sun mosaic and ultimately | + | a layer option on the QuickMap. And I hope that there will be more global mosaics, perhaps a low Sun mosaic and ultimately |
| − | one showing a multispectral Moon to replace the old Clementine one that provides compositional information. LRO has been in | + | one showing a multispectral Moon to replace the old Clementine one that provides compositional information. LRO has been in |
| − | orbit 4 years today and I bet there will be many more surprises to come.<br /> | + | orbit 4 years today and I bet there will be many more surprises to come. |
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<em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</em><br /> | <em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</em><br /> | ||
Latest revision as of 16:22, 14 March 2015
Happy Anniversary
image by Chuck Wood
Recognize this? Probably not, because it hasn't been released yet. In March at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera team tacked up on the wall a number of photographic prints of spectacular LRO
images. This is a full Moon illumination for nearly the entire lunar globe. My iPhone snapshot fails to do it justice - it is a WAC
mosaic similar to the one used for the LRO QuickMap, except this is for high Sun. It is like the Clementine mosaic except with
better resolution (100 m, I presume) and better depiction of tonal gradations. I hope that this mosaic will show up some day as
a layer option on the QuickMap. And I hope that there will be more global mosaics, perhaps a low Sun mosaic and ultimately
one showing a multispectral Moon to replace the old Clementine one that provides compositional information. LRO has been in
orbit 4 years today and I bet there will be many more surprises to come.
Chuck Wood
Yesterday's LPOD: Harbinger Highlights
Tomorrow's LPOD: The Moon in Focus
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