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<em>image by [mailto:kcpaulhk@yahoo.com.hk" rel="nofollow K.C. Paul], Hong Kong</em><br />
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<em>image by [mailto:kcpaulhk@yahoo.com.hk K.C. Paul], Hong Kong</em><br />
 
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K.C. continues to astonish with his high resolution, near terminator images taken from a balcony in Hong Kong. <br />
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K.C. continues to astonish with his high resolution, near terminator images taken from a balcony in Hong Kong.  
This picture really needs to be examined at 200% to detect all the wonderful detail. It is centered on Lambert <br />
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This picture really needs to be examined at 200% to detect all the wonderful detail. It is centered on Lambert  
and its ghost crater neighbor, R. The most spectacular feature is the famous young lava flow - bottom left - that <br />
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and its ghost crater neighbor, R. The most spectacular feature is the famous young lava flow - bottom left - that  
powers into the center of Imbrium from Mons La Hire. Roughness along the terminator marks other young lavas. <br />
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powers into the center of Imbrium from Mons La Hire. Roughness along the terminator marks other young lavas.  
A straight edge of a mare ridge stretches from La Hire to Lambert. A similar trending linear feature bounds part<br />
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A straight edge of a mare ridge stretches from La Hire to Lambert. A similar trending linear feature bounds part
of the lava flow to the left, and another parallel ridge is even further to the left, just where the flow narrows. What<br />
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of the lava flow to the left, and another parallel ridge is even further to the left, just where the flow narrows. What
forces controlled the alignment of these three lineaments is completely unclear. A second remarkable feature <br />
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forces controlled the alignment of these three lineaments is completely unclear. A second remarkable feature  
captured here is near the bottom right corner. Look closely to see a wiggly rille that cuts a low ridge. Look above<br />
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captured here is near the bottom right corner. Look closely to see a wiggly rille that cuts a low ridge. Look above
to see another piece of the [/October+26%2C+2009 Draper Rille]. A final example of detail rendered exquisitely here are the elongated<br />
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to see another piece of the [[October_26,_2009|Draper Rille]]. A final example of detail rendered exquisitely here are the elongated
chains of secondary craters along the bright rays from Copernicus. Volcanic rilles and flow, tectonic ridges, and<br />
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chains of secondary craters along the bright rays from Copernicus. Volcanic rilles and flow, tectonic ridges, and
secondary crater chains - what a wondrous image!<br />
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secondary crater chains - what a wondrous image!
 
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<em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow Chuck Wood]</em><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+20 20]<br />
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Rükl plate [https://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl_20 20]<br />
 
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<p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[March 22, 2011|Red Moon Rising]] </p>
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<p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[March 24, 2011|Quick, Here is the Map]] </p>
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Latest revision as of 18:51, 13 October 2018

Come Out On the Balcony for a Better View

LPOD-Mar23-11.jpg
image by K.C. Paul, Hong Kong

K.C. continues to astonish with his high resolution, near terminator images taken from a balcony in Hong Kong. This picture really needs to be examined at 200% to detect all the wonderful detail. It is centered on Lambert and its ghost crater neighbor, R. The most spectacular feature is the famous young lava flow - bottom left - that powers into the center of Imbrium from Mons La Hire. Roughness along the terminator marks other young lavas. A straight edge of a mare ridge stretches from La Hire to Lambert. A similar trending linear feature bounds part of the lava flow to the left, and another parallel ridge is even further to the left, just where the flow narrows. What forces controlled the alignment of these three lineaments is completely unclear. A second remarkable feature captured here is near the bottom right corner. Look closely to see a wiggly rille that cuts a low ridge. Look above to see another piece of the Draper Rille. A final example of detail rendered exquisitely here are the elongated chains of secondary craters along the bright rays from Copernicus. Volcanic rilles and flow, tectonic ridges, and secondary crater chains - what a wondrous image!

Chuck Wood

Technical Details
March 14, 2011; 11h56m. 10" reflector + 2.5X barlow + DMK camera.

Related Links
Rükl plate 20


Yesterday's LPOD: Red Moon Rising

Tomorrow's LPOD: Quick, Here is the Map


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