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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-11 08:10 PM
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Huge digital image of the Moon released
From LRO images taken in December.



That's the little one. The big one is twenty times bigger (in both dimensions).

There's an interactive zoom-able pan-able mosaic here:
http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc_browse/view/wac_nearside

The source file mosaic is there and available for downloading but be be forewarned that it's 550MB!
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-11 08:14 PM
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1. 550MB? HA! I'm downloading it right now!
God, I love WiFi... :hi:
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:33 PM
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9. Me too. 30Mbs+ connection = less than 10 minutes. nt
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-11 08:23 PM
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2. awesome, thanks
:)
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-11 08:56 PM
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3. Is it large enough to cover Ms. Palin's and John Baynor's ego at the same time? n/t
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GiveMeFreedom Donating Member (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-11 08:58 PM
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4. Very Cool (and hot depending
on which side of the moon your on). Otherwise, nice picture.
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-11 09:09 PM
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5. pic cuts off the extreme left and right edges making them flat nt
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Massacure Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-11 10:22 PM
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6. I was going to suggest a contest on who can find a manmade object first.
Then I saw the resolution was 145 meters per pixel. Oh well. :(
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GiveMeFreedom Donating Member (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-11 10:52 PM
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7. Manmade?
I was going to scan for alien hotels and airports!
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:41 AM
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8. Found something!
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:49 PM
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11. The moon is so close and that's the best we can do 145?
Edited on Wed Feb-23-11 01:53 PM by Ichingcarpenter
..... I've been searching for something around 5 meters per pixel or less.

You would think with all the new satellites, moon explorations and telescopes

I could find something better
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 03:24 PM
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12. The LRO can image down to about 0.5 meters per pixel
For example:



This was just a full-moon mosaic that the LRO team put together. Sorry you were disappointed.
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 05:24 PM
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13. I thought it was 175 meters
Edited on Wed Feb-23-11 05:24 PM by Ichingcarpenter
thanks I had to go to work and didn't get a chance to check out the link
and just read what someone said in the post.

NOW I CAN FIND ALL THOSE ALIEN SPACESHIPS AND BASES
THAT I'VE SEEN ON THE INTERNET!!!!
NO WONDER WE HAVEN'T GONE BACK TO THE MOON
THE ALIENS WON'T LET US......

end caps.....LOL
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 05:38 PM
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14. the mosaic I linked doesn't go down to 0.5m
but the LRO camera (used to put together the mosaic) is capable of 0.5m resolution. They just probably haven't imaged the entire surface to that degree yet instead concentrating of targets of interest.
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 06:18 PM
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15. I knew they are trying to hide shit from me
Geez we get better crap from Mars......LOL
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:35 PM
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10. Cool, thanks. I wish the Zoomify plugin included a scale. nt
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