March 27, 2009

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A New Standard

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image from Chuck Wood's iPhone

The mosaic produced by combining 43,000 tiny Clementine images has been the workhorse for anyone who used Map-A-Planet, including many lunar scientists. Now Ella Lee (pictured above) and colleagues at the US Geological Survey in Flagstaff have produced a new and improved version of the mosaic. As Chuck Wood

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This new mosaic, like the earlier one, is based on the near-visible (750 nm) wavelength images. I was overjoyed on receiving an answer of Yes when I suggested to Ella that I could take the large photographic print of the mosaic so that she would not have to bother taking it home! Now I need a long wall to hang it on.

Note: It was announced that Kaguya/Selene will impact the Moon this summer, probably in June. It will hit an illuminated portion so that the HDTV can image the surface all the way to impact! This will be a modern high definition version of the Ranger spacecraft impacts - I hope it will be broadcast live, as were the Ranger impacts.

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