May 15, 2011

Little but Good

left image by " rel="nofollow Dmitry Makolkin, Moscow, Russia; right image LRO WAC nearside mosaic

Lacus Bonitatis is a place few of us have noticed. It is the only named one of the small leakages of mare lava inside
the Geminus scarp ring of the Crisium Basin. In looking at Dmitry's waxing Moon mosaic I was impressed with what I
could distinguish with this full Moon lighting. For example, the dark halo craters within Cleomedes are better seen than
on the same scale LRO mosaic. Another feature in the high Sun view that attracted my interest is the thin strip of mare
with two or three fingers extending southward. This is a slightly darker lava, either younger or a different composition
than others nearby. We need more high resolution images like Dmitry's to explore albedo variations and the reasons for
them.

" rel="nofollow Chuck Wood

Technical Details
25 March 2010; 18:29 - 19:18 UT. TAL-250K + DMK 31AU03.AS + Astronomik IR Pro 742nm filter. Processing:
Registax 5; Deconvolution Lucy-Richardson, curves, gamma.

Related Links
Rükl plate 26
Dmitry's Moon " rel="nofollow gallery

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