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<em>image by [mailto:gibbidomine@libero.it Raf Lena], Italia</em><br /> | <em>image by [mailto:gibbidomine@libero.it Raf Lena], Italia</em><br /> | ||
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| − | I love images near the terminator because of the subtle topography they reveal. In this case we graphically see what altimetry profiles have said earlier, but a picture is much more influential than a graph line. West of Aristarchus Crater is the Cobra Head, the source vent - a depression - of the lavas that carved Schröter's Valley. But what has been glimpsed from time to time and documented with the LRO QuickMap altimetry tool is that the Cobra Head is a deep depression on the side of a massive mountain. Raf's image shows a wide and long shadow that emphasizes the height and shape of the Cobra Mountain. The LRO altimetry shows that the mountain is 40 km wide and 2 km high. This fact was recognized in a previous [http://lpod. | + | I love images near the terminator because of the subtle topography they reveal. In this case we graphically see what altimetry profiles have said earlier, but a picture is much more influential than a graph line. West of Aristarchus Crater is the Cobra Head, the source vent - a depression - of the lavas that carved Schröter's Valley. But what has been glimpsed from time to time and documented with the LRO QuickMap altimetry tool is that the Cobra Head is a deep depression on the side of a massive mountain. Raf's image shows a wide and long shadow that emphasizes the height and shape of the Cobra Mountain. The LRO altimetry shows that the mountain is 40 km wide and 2 km high. This fact was recognized in a previous [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/August_20,_2012 LPOD] based on Maurice Collins' early processing of low-Sun LRO images. Millions of dollars for a spacecraft and teams of data processors, or one amateur with a 7" backyard telescope.<br /> |
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<em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</em><br /> | <em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</em><br /> | ||
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<strong>Related Links</strong><br /> | <strong>Related Links</strong><br /> | ||
| − | <em>[ | + | <em>[[21st Century Atlas of the Moon|21st Century Atlas]]</em> chart 28.<br /> |
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<p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[June 10, 2014|LPD Confirmed in Australia]] </p> | <p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[June 10, 2014|LPD Confirmed in Australia]] </p> | ||
Latest revision as of 08:30, 28 October 2018
A Mountainous Shadow
image by Raf Lena, Italia
I love images near the terminator because of the subtle topography they reveal. In this case we graphically see what altimetry profiles have said earlier, but a picture is much more influential than a graph line. West of Aristarchus Crater is the Cobra Head, the source vent - a depression - of the lavas that carved Schröter's Valley. But what has been glimpsed from time to time and documented with the LRO QuickMap altimetry tool is that the Cobra Head is a deep depression on the side of a massive mountain. Raf's image shows a wide and long shadow that emphasizes the height and shape of the Cobra Mountain. The LRO altimetry shows that the mountain is 40 km wide and 2 km high. This fact was recognized in a previous LPOD based on Maurice Collins' early processing of low-Sun LRO images. Millions of dollars for a spacecraft and teams of data processors, or one amateur with a 7" backyard telescope.
Chuck Wood
Technical Details
June 9 2014, 20:12 UT. Mak-Cass 18 cm
Related Links
21st Century Atlas chart 28.
Yesterday's LPOD: LPD Confirmed in Australia
Tomorrow's LPOD: HDR Eyes
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