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> High resolution mosaic of the lunar nearside by LRO

High resolution mosaic of the lunar nearside by LRO

author: Nasa/GSFC/ASU/Novapix

reference: a-lun07-01052

Image Size 300 DPI: 220 * 220 cm

For two weeks in mid-December 2010, the LRO spacecraft remained nadir looking (straight down) so that the LROC Wide Angle Camera (WAC) could acquire about 1300 images, allowing the LROC team to construct this spectacular mosaic.

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2010 - 2011 - ASTRONOMY - BLACK AND WHITE - FULL MOON - LRO - LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER - MOON - POSTER - SATELLITE - SEA -