Friday, February 29, 2008

Thrilling Radar Maps of the Moon


New Radar Maps of the Moon

Via NASA:

"...We now know the south pole has peaks as high as Mt. McKinley and crater floors four times deeper than the Grand Canyon," says Doug Cooke, deputy associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters...

Check out the above link for some great images:

"...I have not been to the Moon, but this imagery is the next best thing," says Scott Hensley, a scientist at JPL and lead investigator for the study. "With these data we can see terrain features as small as a house without even leaving the office."

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