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Thursday, 8 March 2012

Full Moon

There is something really magnificent about the sight of the full Moon sailing up into the sky. For thousands of years people have responded to this dramatic spectacular in the arts, with music, paintings, poetry and even architecture relating to the phenomenon.

Here is a lovely picture taken this week by Verena Kummel, showing clearly the ancient (three billion years old) dark seas overlaid with more recent impact craters.


Can you name the seas? In this picture you can find; The Mare Crisium, Mare Frigoris, Mare Tranquillitatis, Mare Serenitatis, Mare Fecunditatis, Mare Humorum, Mare Vaporum, Mare Imbium, Oceanus Procellarum, Mare Nubium, and many more!
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