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Gilbralter is a small knob of mainland Europe that sticks out into the passage between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, and yet the entire strait is named for it. Thus it seems reasonable that the gap in mountains that allows lavas from maria Imbrium and Serenitatis to meet be named the Straits of Fresnel, which is the leftmost headland of the Apennine Mountains (bottom right). The exact nature of the mountain gap that allows the existence of the strait is unknown, but Paolo’s magnificent image provides some clues for speculation. The northern end of the Apennines is relatively straight - as if the mountain’s northward continuation has been sheared off. The parallel linear mountains east of the strait midpoint - Caucasus Alpha (north range) and Fresnel Theta (south range) - seem to mark the sides of the gap. Evidence for a discontinuity is provided by the truncation of the Fresnel Rilles to the south and the Theaetetus Rilles to the north of the strait. I guess that they are part of a previously continuous rille system whose middle has disappeared. Did a 60 km wide swath of mountains now occuppied by the strait sink? Is the Strait of Fresnel a wider version of the Alpine Valley? Is the giant gap in the Imbrium rim ring between the west end of the Carpathians and the Gruithuisen domes a larger version of these gaps?<br /> | Gilbralter is a small knob of mainland Europe that sticks out into the passage between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, and yet the entire strait is named for it. Thus it seems reasonable that the gap in mountains that allows lavas from maria Imbrium and Serenitatis to meet be named the Straits of Fresnel, which is the leftmost headland of the Apennine Mountains (bottom right). The exact nature of the mountain gap that allows the existence of the strait is unknown, but Paolo’s magnificent image provides some clues for speculation. The northern end of the Apennines is relatively straight - as if the mountain’s northward continuation has been sheared off. The parallel linear mountains east of the strait midpoint - Caucasus Alpha (north range) and Fresnel Theta (south range) - seem to mark the sides of the gap. Evidence for a discontinuity is provided by the truncation of the Fresnel Rilles to the south and the Theaetetus Rilles to the north of the strait. I guess that they are part of a previously continuous rille system whose middle has disappeared. Did a 60 km wide swath of mountains now occuppied by the strait sink? Is the Strait of Fresnel a wider version of the Alpine Valley? Is the giant gap in the Imbrium rim ring between the west end of the Carpathians and the Gruithuisen domes a larger version of these gaps?<br /> | ||
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| − | <em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com | + | <em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]<br /> |
| − | This is a classic LPOD from [http://www.lpod.org/?m=20070709 | + | This is a classic LPOD from [http://www.lpod.org/?m=20070709 July 9, 2007]; More image submissions are needed!</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_12 12], [https://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl_13 13], [https://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl_22 22]& [https://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl_23 23] (smack in the middle of a 4-corner intersection)<br /> |
| − | Paolo's [http://www.lazzarotti-hires.com/index.php | + | Paolo's [http://www.lazzarotti-hires.com/index.php website]<br /> |
| − | The amazing [http://www.lazzarotti-optics.com/main.html | + | The amazing [http://www.lazzarotti-optics.com/main.html telescope] used for this image.<br /> |
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| + | <p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[January 28, 2010|Radial Misbehavior]] </p> | ||
| + | <p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[January 30, 2010|Weird Moon News]] </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:48, 13 October 2018
Straits of Fresnel
image by Paolo R. Lazzarotti, Massa, Italy
Gilbralter is a small knob of mainland Europe that sticks out into the passage between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, and yet the entire strait is named for it. Thus it seems reasonable that the gap in mountains that allows lavas from maria Imbrium and Serenitatis to meet be named the Straits of Fresnel, which is the leftmost headland of the Apennine Mountains (bottom right). The exact nature of the mountain gap that allows the existence of the strait is unknown, but Paolo’s magnificent image provides some clues for speculation. The northern end of the Apennines is relatively straight - as if the mountain’s northward continuation has been sheared off. The parallel linear mountains east of the strait midpoint - Caucasus Alpha (north range) and Fresnel Theta (south range) - seem to mark the sides of the gap. Evidence for a discontinuity is provided by the truncation of the Fresnel Rilles to the south and the Theaetetus Rilles to the north of the strait. I guess that they are part of a previously continuous rille system whose middle has disappeared. Did a 60 km wide swath of mountains now occuppied by the strait sink? Is the Strait of Fresnel a wider version of the Alpine Valley? Is the giant gap in the Imbrium rim ring between the west end of the Carpathians and the Gruithuisen domes a larger version of these gaps?
Chuck Wood
This is a classic LPOD from July 9, 2007; More image submissions are needed!
Technical Details
24 April 2007, 19:22-26UT. Gladius CF-315 Lazzarotti telescope (f/25), Lumenera Infinity 2-1M camera, Edmund Optics R filter, 140-170 frames stacked out of 2000.
Related Links
Rükl plates 12, 13, 22& 23 (smack in the middle of a 4-corner intersection)
Paolo's website
The amazing telescope used for this image.
Yesterday's LPOD: Radial Misbehavior
Tomorrow's LPOD: Weird Moon News
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