Apr 162015
 

The USGS has recently released new maps of the moon based on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data, both photographic and radar altimetry. They are things of beauty, and only 472 megabytes!

Image Mosaic and Topographic Map of the Moon

I think I might try to coax the rectangular portion out just on its own and have it printed off in large format. That’d look spectacular.

 Posted by at 10:55 am