The moon
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Images
This is the north end of Mare Serenitatis. The craters above the ridge are Eudoxus and Aristoteles. Both of these craters have shattered rims with internal peaks. The one on the right with the crater-inside-the-crater is Posidonius.
2023-01-28
Like tire treads pressed in mud, the clouds ripple across a stubborn moon that refuses to hide. It's rather full of itself.
2022-11-10
The result of photographing the moon after severe thunderstorms washed away all the fog and created clear seeing conditions.
2022-11-05
A close-up of the Tycho crater that is prominent in the lower corner of the moon.
2022-08-15
Closer to the August 2022 Supermoon
A close up of the 'northeast, upper left' portion of the August 2022 supermoon. You can clearly see ridges of long mountain ranges and prominent craters including Plato, Cassini, Eratosthenes, and more.
2022-08-11
A close up of the crater Eratosthenes (bottom left). It has a terraced rim and peaks inside the crater where the well drops to a depth of nearly 2 miles.
2022-08-11
Closeup of Copernicus and Kepler
A close up of the large crater named Copernicus on the moon, with smaller but prominent Kepler to the side.
2022-08-11
Bottom Half of August 2022 Supermoon
A detailed close-up of the bottom half of the August 2022 supermoon.
2022-08-11
A supermoon occurs when the moon's orbit brings it closer to Earth, so it appears bigger and brighter. The July supermoon is expected to be the brightest of the year. It's called the Thunder moon because it heralds the season of thunderstorms in the North American summer. This is a mosaic taken from four zoomed shots.
2022-07-13
July 2022 Lunar Transit by the International Space Station (ISS)
A timelapse of the International Space Station (ISS) passing between Earth and the Moon.
2022-07-11
A detailed image of the half Moon
This is a high resolution, detailed image of the half moon.
2022-06-06
The existing colors in this detailed moon pic had their saturation boosted to bring out the colorful contrast.
2022-05-20
This image of the moon was stacked from multiple images taken while it was behind clouds. The detail of the moon popped out to make it appear to float above the clouds.
2022-03-16
This image of the moon was stacked from multiple images taken while it was behind clouds. The layering of clouds give it an embossed appearance.
2022-03-16
A close up of the Mare Imbrium region at the edge of the shadow.
2022-02-22
Four unfiltered images of the moon: a blue taken by day, a yellow due to fog, and a red due to forest fire smoke in addition to the traditional gray.
2022-01-14
