Friday, June 3, 2011

APOD 4.4

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110423.html

This photograph was taken with a wide-angle camera by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. 1700 pictures were collected over a period of 6 lunar days (6 earth months) of moon's south pole. The Shakelton crater is clearly in view, which is 19 km across. The south and north pols are continuously in shadow and the rest is in light; this could possibly be good for collecting solar power continuously.

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