Thursday, February 14, 2008

APOD 3.6


This is a picture of the moon's surface, of the features called the Bay of Rainbows and the Sea of Rains. These names, which historically come from the latin words for sea and ocean, are ironic seeing as these formations are created by lunar lava and the landscape of the moon is largely arid and dry. The moon maiden, or Cape Herclides is also shown in this picture. That's essentially it. Just the irony of the naming. Ayup.

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