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<em>image by [mailto:dvmakastro@gmail.com Dmitry Makolkin], Russia</em><br />
 
<em>image by [mailto:dvmakastro@gmail.com Dmitry Makolkin], Russia</em><br />
 
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Dmitry's email submitting this image stated that it was only 1 hour old. I was excited to see photons so recently from the Moon and thought that perhaps their freshness would allow me to see something new. And they did, two things. But before noticing them I admired the tone of this high Sun view that permitted details to be clearly seen everywhere from the Altai basin rim, the central peaks of Theophilus, the basin crater chain through Capella, the dark maria flooding craters on the eastern rimless side of Nectaris, and the concentric crater [http://www.lpod.org/archive/LPOD-2005-04-06.htm Crozier H]. Lovely detail everywhere. The two dark pyroclastic patches at Daguerre and Bohnenberger, and the two dark halo craters (impacts that excavated mare lavas from under T's rays) east of Theophilus are conspicuous. But then I wonder why there was an area of semi-darkness (labelled 1) that was neither mare lava nor pyroclastics between Fracastorius and Santbech. The patch is not sharply bounded, nor very dark, as it might be if lavas. And it doesn't look like there are vents for pyroclastics. LRO QuickMap reveals that this is an area with a concentration of small craters but nothing else. But the old high Sun Clementine begins to explain it. A number of the small craters appear to have excavated underlying mare basalts that have been strongly lightened by crater ejecta and rays. The Clementine iron [http://www.mapaplanet.org/explorer-bin/explorer.cgi?map=Moon&amp;layers=moon_clem_feo_color&amp;west=35.17&amp;south=-25.26&amp;east=45.67&amp;north=-19.99&amp;center_lat=0&amp;center=40.425&amp;defaultcenter=on&amp;grid=none&amp;stretch=none&amp;projection=SIMP&amp;r=1&amp;g=2&amp;b=3&amp;advoption=NO&amp;info=NO&amp;resolution=68.6907020872865&amp;scale=0.22072&amp;imageTopX=-79570.9434598684&amp;imageTopY=-646169.0346151590 map]confirms it, showing the green of mare lavas. The second new thing brought to my attention by the young photons of Dmitry's image is an apparent roundish smooth area (2) east of Isidorus. This is bigger than Isidous, and surrounded by slightly rougher and more cratered terrain. The Clementine iron map shows the smooth material is not ray-dusted lavas, and [http://target.lroc.asu.edu/da/qmap.html?mv=eqc&amp;mcx=961576.2021&amp;mcy=-262062.77283&amp;mz=7 LRO] confirms that it is smoother than its surroundings. A proper scientist would say, I hypothesize ...., but I'll just guess that it is basin ejecta - from Imbrium, or maybe Nectaris or Crisium - that arrived in a fluidized state and filled in this low spot.<br />
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Dmitry's email submitting this image stated that it was only 1 hour old. I was excited to see photons so recently from the Moon and thought that perhaps their freshness would allow me to see something new. And they did, two things. But before noticing them I admired the tone of this high Sun view that permitted details to be clearly seen everywhere from the Altai basin rim, the central peaks of Theophilus, the basin crater chain through Capella, the dark maria flooding craters on the eastern rimless side of Nectaris, and the concentric crater [[April_6,_2005|Crozier H]]. Lovely detail everywhere. The two dark pyroclastic patches at Daguerre and Bohnenberger, and the two dark halo craters (impacts that excavated mare lavas from under T's rays) east of Theophilus are conspicuous. But then I wonder why there was an area of semi-darkness (labelled 1) that was neither mare lava nor pyroclastics between Fracastorius and Santbech. The patch is not sharply bounded, nor very dark, as it might be if lavas. And it doesn't look like there are vents for pyroclastics. LRO QuickMap reveals that this is an area with a concentration of small craters but nothing else. But the old high Sun Clementine begins to explain it. A number of the small craters appear to have excavated underlying mare basalts that have been strongly lightened by crater ejecta and rays. The Clementine iron [http://www.mapaplanet.org/explorer-bin/explorer.cgi?map=Moon&amp;layers=moon_clem_feo_color&amp;west=35.17&amp;south=-25.26&amp;east=45.67&amp;north=-19.99&amp;center_lat=0&amp;center=40.425&amp;defaultcenter=on&amp;grid=none&amp;stretch=none&amp;projection=SIMP&amp;r=1&amp;g=2&amp;b=3&amp;advoption=NO&amp;info=NO&amp;resolution=68.6907020872865&amp;scale=0.22072&amp;imageTopX=-79570.9434598684&amp;imageTopY=-646169.0346151590 map]confirms it, showing the green of mare lavas. The second new thing brought to my attention by the young photons of Dmitry's image is an apparent roundish smooth area (2) east of Isidorus. This is bigger than Isidous, and surrounded by slightly rougher and more cratered terrain. The Clementine iron map shows the smooth material is not ray-dusted lavas, and [http://target.lroc.asu.edu/da/qmap.html?mv=eqc&amp;mcx=961576.2021&amp;mcy=-262062.77283&amp;mz=7 LRO] confirms that it is smoother than its surroundings. A proper scientist would say, I hypothesize ...., but I'll just guess that it is basin ejecta - from Imbrium, or maybe Nectaris or Crisium - that arrived in a fluidized state and filled in this low spot.<br />
 
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<em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</em><br />
 
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<strong>Related Links</strong><br />
 
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Rükl plate [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/R%C3%BCkl+58 58]<br />
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Rükl plate [https://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl_58 58]<br />
<em>[http://lpod.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Atlas+of+the+Moon 21st Century Atlas]</em> charts 6 &amp; 7 .<br />
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<em>[[21st Century Atlas of the Moon|21st Century Atlas]]</em> charts 6 &amp; 7 .<br />
 
Dmitry's [http://www.makolkin.ru/Gallery/gallery.html gallery]<br />
 
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Latest revision as of 08:27, 28 October 2018

Fresh Photons, Fresh View

LPOD-Jan20-13.jpg
image by Dmitry Makolkin, Russia

Dmitry's email submitting this image stated that it was only 1 hour old. I was excited to see photons so recently from the Moon and thought that perhaps their freshness would allow me to see something new. And they did, two things. But before noticing them I admired the tone of this high Sun view that permitted details to be clearly seen everywhere from the Altai basin rim, the central peaks of Theophilus, the basin crater chain through Capella, the dark maria flooding craters on the eastern rimless side of Nectaris, and the concentric crater Crozier H. Lovely detail everywhere. The two dark pyroclastic patches at Daguerre and Bohnenberger, and the two dark halo craters (impacts that excavated mare lavas from under T's rays) east of Theophilus are conspicuous. But then I wonder why there was an area of semi-darkness (labelled 1) that was neither mare lava nor pyroclastics between Fracastorius and Santbech. The patch is not sharply bounded, nor very dark, as it might be if lavas. And it doesn't look like there are vents for pyroclastics. LRO QuickMap reveals that this is an area with a concentration of small craters but nothing else. But the old high Sun Clementine begins to explain it. A number of the small craters appear to have excavated underlying mare basalts that have been strongly lightened by crater ejecta and rays. The Clementine iron mapconfirms it, showing the green of mare lavas. The second new thing brought to my attention by the young photons of Dmitry's image is an apparent roundish smooth area (2) east of Isidorus. This is bigger than Isidous, and surrounded by slightly rougher and more cratered terrain. The Clementine iron map shows the smooth material is not ray-dusted lavas, and LRO confirms that it is smoother than its surroundings. A proper scientist would say, I hypothesize ...., but I'll just guess that it is basin ejecta - from Imbrium, or maybe Nectaris or Crisium - that arrived in a fluidized state and filled in this low spot.

Chuck Wood

Technical Details
Jan 19, 2013, 203056. TAL-250K, filter - Astronomik IR Pro 742nm, camera - VAC-136 (CMOS, 1280x960, 30fps). Stacked 250 frames of 3000. Deconvolution, levels, local contrast.

Related Links
Rükl plate 58
21st Century Atlas charts 6 & 7 .
Dmitry's gallery

Yesterday's LPOD: Seaing Into Humboldtianum

Tomorrow's LPOD: Missing Ejecta?



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