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Title: Mare Humorum: where craters tell the story of basalt
Post by: Orstio on July 09, 2006, 03:28:55 PM
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This mosaic of three images, taken by the advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, shows Mare Humorum on the Moon. 

(http://www.everything-science.com//images/stories/Humorum_ref_mosaic_H.jpg)


[span class=imagecaption]This mosaic of three images, taken by the advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE)on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, shows Mare Humorum on the Moon.[/span]

[span class=imagecaption]AMIE obtained the top frame on 1 January 2006, from a distance of 1087 kilometres from the surface, with a ground resolution of 98 metres per pixel.

The remaining two frames were taken on 13 January 2006, from a distance of about 1069 (centre) and 1050 kilometres (bottom) from the surface, with. . .