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Thor · 07-09-2009, 04:11 PM

From my favorite Astronomy blog:

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Go Look At The Moon!

Category: Astronomy • Solar System
This is the coolest thing online I've seen in a long time. A team of amateur astronomers took over 1000 pictures of tiny areas of the Moon. 288 of them were chosen and mosaiced together. They describe the result far better than I do:

The end result is a high resolution 87.4 megapixel image of the Moon, larger even then previous images taken by some of the world's largest observatories, allowing features as small as 1km to be clearly seen.

This is the world's record for the largest mosaic of the Moon ever made, and it's available for you to view in full detail (!) at their site, Lunar World Record 2009. Go to the image page, and you should see this:

http://www.lunarworldrecord.com/image.php

troutman · 07-09-2009, 04:17 PM

Can you see the Eagle?

Thor · 07-09-2009, 04:20 PM

Haven't really looked yet, but here's the map of where to look:

HotHotHeat · 07-09-2009, 04:26 PM

1 km? That's it?

Hemi-Cuda · 07-09-2009, 04:56 PM

so why can't they take a nice clear picture of the US flag to finally shut up all those annoying conspiracy theory believers?

HalifaxDrunk · 07-09-2009, 05:04 PM

What is this "Moon" you speak of?

Raekwon · 07-09-2009, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

so why can't they take a nice clear picture of the US flag to finally shut up all those annoying conspiracy theory believers?

I agree but i'm sure my reasons are the opposite of yours. One day we will land on the moon.

photon · 07-09-2009, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by troutman

Can you see the Eagle?

No, at that resolution each pixel will be bigger than 1km.

There is a satellite that will be able to take pictures of the lunar landers and stuff though, hopefully by next year I think it is.

photon · 07-09-2009, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

so why can't they take a nice clear picture of the US flag to finally shut up all those annoying conspiracy theory believers?

NASA can easily fake a picture of the flag and lander, they'll never be satisfied.

You could put them on the moon and they'll say "nice virtual reality sim, very convincing, just what I would expect from someone hiding the truth".