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| <em>image by [mailto:rhineland@hotmail.com Zac Pujic]</em></p> | | <em>image by [mailto:rhineland@hotmail.com Zac Pujic]</em></p> |
− | <p>The fifth photo of the Imbrium lava flow has been taken. The first four were by [http://www.lpod.org/?m=20060527 K.C. Pau,] and now Zac provides a new image with color information as well. The larger crater on the left is Carlini (diameter 11 km) and the smaller to the right is McDonald (8 km). The Imbrium flow is thought to be the youngest on the Moon, largely because is has the best defined edges and few superposed impact pits. It is wide enough to be easily seen, except that it is so low (about 35 m) that the Sun angle must be just right to catch it. Zac’s normal image is labelled B, and the other two were created by adding color from Clementine (A) and one of Zac’s famous saturated color images (C). Looking at image (A) we see that most of this part of Imbrium is green, which is characteristic of the younger, titanium-rich Imbrium lavas. The lozenge-shaped orange patches (also visible in image C) are the same as the older, titanium-poor Imbrium lavas common on the [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=28&pos=22 eastern] third of Imbrium. Thus, these orange lozenges are probably older lavas that have been covered by thin layers of young blue flows. In fact, Zac’s image shows the orange stuff is topographically lower and somewhat rougher than the smooth, plateau-like blue flows. Usually older lavas are preserved in slightly elevated [http://www.lpod.org/archive/LPOD-2005-05-14.htm hills] that weren’t submerged by younger lavas. If the orange stuff really is lower that implies that the blue flows are rather sparse and don’t fully cover the pre-existing terrain. Old, titanium-poor lavas probably underly all of Imbrium</p> | + | <p>The fifth photo of the Imbrium lava flow has been taken. The first four were by [[May_27,_2006|K.C. Pau,]] and now Zac provides a new image with color information as well. The larger crater on the left is Carlini (diameter 11 km) and the smaller to the right is McDonald (8 km). The Imbrium flow is thought to be the youngest on the Moon, largely because is has the best defined edges and few superposed impact pits. It is wide enough to be easily seen, except that it is so low (about 35 m) that the Sun angle must be just right to catch it. Zac’s normal image is labelled B, and the other two were created by adding color from Clementine (A) and one of Zac’s famous saturated color images (C). Looking at image (A) we see that most of this part of Imbrium is green, which is characteristic of the younger, titanium-rich Imbrium lavas. The lozenge-shaped orange patches (also visible in image C) are the same as the older, titanium-poor Imbrium lavas common on the [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=28&pos=22 eastern] third of Imbrium. Thus, these orange lozenges are probably older lavas that have been covered by thin layers of young blue flows. In fact, Zac’s image shows the orange stuff is topographically lower and somewhat rougher than the smooth, plateau-like blue flows. Usually older lavas are preserved in slightly elevated [[May_14,_2005|hills]] that weren’t submerged by younger lavas. If the orange stuff really is lower that implies that the blue flows are rather sparse and don’t fully cover the pre-existing terrain. Old, titanium-poor lavas probably underly all of Imbrium</p> |
− | <p align="right"><em /><em>Chuck Wood</em></p> | + | <p align="right"><em>Chuck Wood</em></p> |
| <p><strong>Technical Details:</strong><br /> | | <p><strong>Technical Details:</strong><br /> |
| 31-cm Newtonian at f/28 + Phillips ToUcam Pro webcam.<br /> | | 31-cm Newtonian at f/28 + Phillips ToUcam Pro webcam.<br /> |
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| Rükl plate 10<br /> | | Rükl plate 10<br /> |
| [http://users.bigpond.net.au/metaplace/home.html Zac’s website]</p> | | [http://users.bigpond.net.au/metaplace/home.html Zac’s website]</p> |
− | <p><strong><br /> | + | <p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[July 6, 2006|The Longest Rille]] </p> |
− | <em>Now you can support LPOD when you buy ANY book from Amazon thru [http://www.lpod.org/?page_id=102 LPOD!]</em></strong></p> | + | <p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[July 8, 2006|The Baby & the Skull]] </p> |
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