See the Far Side of the Moon: Incredibly Detailed Pictures From …
WEBNov 27, 2022 · This side we never see is known as the “far side of the Moon.” Sometimes it is called the “dark side of the Moon,” which some people consider a misnomer because it gets just as much sunlight as the near side of the Moon.
Watch: New images from NASA show 'dark side of the moon'
WEBAug 6, 2015 · From a perspective of about a million miles away, a camera on a NASA satellite has snapped new images of the far side of the moon, The Guardian reports. Brightly lit Earth serves as a backdrop for the moon, which is itself illuminated thanks to the sunlight hitting it.
First Photo of the Lunar Farside - Moon: NASA Science
WEBSep 26, 2017 · The most striking difference evident in the Luna 3 pictures is the absence of the large, dark seas of cooled lava, called maria, that cover a substantial fraction of the Earth-facing near side. The far side is instead densely peppered with impact craters of every size and age.
Photo Shows Far Side of Moon Like Never Before | Space
WEBMar 21, 2011 · NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter probe has snapped the most detailed picture yet of the far side of the moon. The new image is part of new global map of the moon for future lunar...
Far side of the Moon - Wikipedia
WEBOnly during a full Moon (as viewed from Earth) is the whole far side of the Moon dark. The word dark has expanded to refer also to the fact that communication with spacecraft can be blocked while the spacecraft is on the far side of the Moon, during Apollo space missions for …
From a Million Miles Away, NASA Camera Shows Moon Crossing …
WEBAug 5, 2015 · The series of test images shows the fully illuminated “dark side” of the moon that is never visible from Earth. The images were captured by NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), a four megapixel CCD camera and telescope on the DSCOVR satellite orbiting 1 million miles from Earth.
These are the most detailed photos yet of the far side of the moon
WEBJanuary 23, 2020. Chang'e 4 CNSA / Doug Ellison. China has just released a new batch of photos snapped by its Chang’e 4 lunar probe and its Yutu-2 rover. The new images give us the sharpest...
LRO Photos Show Moon’s Far Side in High Resolution
WEBMar 28, 2011 · The far side — sometimes incorrectly referred to as the “dark side” — remained hidden from human eyes until 1959, when the Soviet Luna 3 spacecraft first snapped photos of it.
The Dark Side and the Bright Side - NASA Earth Observatory
WEBAug 6, 2015 · A NASA camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) has captured a unique view of the Moon as it passed between the spacecraft and Earth. A series of test images shows the fully illuminated “dark side” of the Moon that is …
Far Side of the Moon - NASA Science
WEBOct 4, 2017 · On the right-hand side of the image is seen the dark maria of Oceanus Procellarum, also visible from the Earth. The dark spots in the center are Mare Orientale, on the western limb of the nearside of the moon, a region barely visible from the Earth.
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