Thursday, March 15, 2012
NASA shows moons evolution 4.5 billion years ago
Two new NASA videos use the latest close up imagery of the moon from the Lunar Orbiter to reveal Earth's natural satellite in a whole new light.One video zooms over the moon to reveal its most prominent features. Imagery from the spacecraft shows these lunar highlights in high-resolution detail, revealing deep craters, towering mountains, and even leftover equipment at the NASAs apollo mean landing sites.The second video uses lunar images to animate the history of the moon from its formation around 4.5 billion years ago through today.Both videos were created by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter team at NASAs goddard space center in in Greenbelt Md in honor of the probes 1,000th day in orbit. LRO was launched June 18 2009 from Cape Canaveral Florida.
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