For more on this, read our tutorial on how to observe the Moon, or our beginners' guide to stargazing with binoculars. A global albedo map of the Moon obtained from the Clementine mission. The dark regions are the lunar maria, whereas the lighter regions are the highlands. The image is a cylindrical projection, with longitude increasing left to right from −180° E to 180° E and latitude decreasing from top to bottom from 90° N to 90° S. The center of the image corresponds to the mean sub-Earth point, 0° N and 0° E. Maria in the Moon had everything I have come to expect from this author – beautiful, stunningly impacting prose, a dark and engaging story, characters of substance and that emotional edge that only ever comes along every so often within all the books that I read. Early humans mistook these dark plains to be real seas, which is where the name comes from. However, we know today that these dark gray zones are formed from iron-rich basalts produced in volcanic eruptions. The article either refutes or doesn't take into account the recent claims of the presence of water on the moon in a recently concluded unmanned expedition -- what is the most recent update on this count?

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Michael is a longtime AllTheScience contributor who specializes in topics relating to paleontology, I don’t know what it is about this authors books but they are so beautifully written that they soak into your being and Maria In The Moon was no different. a b c d "Mare Vaporum". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. Astrogeology Science Center . Retrieved 2020-12-26. Map of Large Dark Mantling Deposits". Volcano World. Oregon State University . Retrieved 2020-12-30. a b Frankel, Charles (2005). "Volcanism on the Moon". Worlds on Fire: Volcanoes on the Earth, the Moon, Mars, Venus and Io. Cambridge University Press. pp.64, 65, 66. ISBN 978-0-521-80393-9.Made famous as the location where Neil Armstrong took ‘one small step for man’ during the Apollo 11 landing, Mare Tranquillitatis is a very flat region, with only 500m elevation difference between the highest and lowest points in the basin. Ben Bussey and Paul Spudis, The Clementine Atlas of the Moon, Cambridge University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-521-81528-2. Maria in the Moon is a sometimes emotional, yet at times also a surprisingly witty story. I took to Catherine straight away. Not only do I appreciate a healthy dose of sarcasm but also the level of self-deprecating humour she displays, used to protect herself or hide her innermost feelings. It all just felt entirely relatable. Her relationship with her mother, complicated though it may be, came across as highly realistic and believable. And throughout the story you wonder about the importance of memories and how even things you may have forgotten can have an impact on the rest of your life.

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In 1964, after years of trying, NASA finally succeeded in ‘landing’ on the Moon with their Ranger 7 impact probe. The Surveyor 3 soft lander would follow in 1967, paving the way for the Apollo 12 crew to arrive in 1969. Prior to the Ranger 7 landing, the region was unnamed, but was renamed to reflect its role in America’s lunar plans. Mare Crisium Mare Crisium, captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA / Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Maria In The Moon is the authors deepest story yet. It grabbed my heart and mind and really put them through the mill. I felt quite bereft after finishing this book but I know in my own heart that I don’t have to worry to much about Catherine anymore. I’m pretty certain that she finally found that inner peace that to start with seemed to elude her. Lunar domes are seldom found in isolation. Instead, they more commonly form in groups throughout the lunar lava plains. [34] A prominent example are the Marius Hills, one of the largest volcanic complexes on the Moon. [34] [35] They consist of several cones and domes that occupy the summit of a broad topographic swell, which may be the lunar equivalent of a shield volcano. [34] The complex rises 100 to 200m (330 to 660ft) from the surrounding plains and forms a 35,000km 2 (14,000sqmi) lava plateau. A total of 59 cones and 262 domes ranging in diameter from 2 to 25km (1.2 to 15.5mi) have been identified. [35] US astronaut Buzz Aldrin walks on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission, which landed in a lunar mare. This was a dark, moving story that showed the reader what memories can often do to one who has been hurt and find a way to protect oneself from things that have so wounded our body, mind, and soul.For these reasons, it’s an area of great scientific interest, allowing planetary scientists to study the relationship between lunar mare filling, basin tectonics and the thermal evolution of a major mascon maria. Mare Imbrium Credit: NASA / Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mons Rümker is a smaller complex similar in appearance to the Marius Hills. [34] It comprises a plateau with an area of roughly 2,000km 2 (770sqmi) and rises 200 to 1,300m (660 to 4,270ft) above the surrounding surface. Three main basalt units ranging in age from 3.51 to 3.71 billion years have been identified at Mons Rümker, although the youngest volcanic features may be steep-sided domes on the plateau surface as they show indications of having been active until the Eratosthenian. More than 20 domes overlie the plateau and are the most prominent volcanic landforms of Mons Rümker. [36] a b c d "Mare Frigoris". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. Astrogeology Science Center . Retrieved 2020-12-26.

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We may not be able to see the far side of the Moon directly from Earth, but you can catch a glimpse of what's beyond the limb by studying and even photographing lunar libration. Observing the Moon onlineAlthough lava tubes have long been known to exist on Earth, it has only been relatively recently that they have been confirmed to also exist on the Moon. Their existence is sometimes revealed by the presence of a "skylight", a place in which the roof of the tube has collapsed, leaving a circular hole that can be observed by lunar orbiters. [43] [44] An area displaying a lava tube is the Marius Hills region. [45] In 2008, an opening to a lava tube in this area may have been discovered by the Japanese Kaguya spacecraft. [46] The skylight was photographed in more detail in 2011 by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, showing both the 65-meter-wide pit and the floor of the pit about 36m (118ft) below. [44] [47] There may also be lava tubes in the Mare Serenitatis. [48] [49] a b c d "Mare Tranquillitatis". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. Astrogeology Science Center . Retrieved 2020-12-26. The ages of the mare basalts have been determined both by direct radiometric dating and by the technique of crater counting. The radiometric ages range from about 3.16 to 4.2 billion years, whereas the youngest ages determined from crater counting are about 1.2 billion years. [8] [9] Nevertheless, the majority of mare basalts appear to have erupted between about 3 and 3.5 billion years ago. [10] The few basaltic eruptions that occurred on the far side of the Moon are old, whereas the youngest flows are found within Oceanus Procellarum on the near side. While many of the basalts either erupted within, or flowed into, low-lying impact basins, the largest expanse of volcanic units, Oceanus Procellarum, does not correspond to any known impact basin.