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This image represents a 'flipped' negative image of the official
NASA photo released with this new's story. Look towards
the areas indicated by the red arrows ... and decide for
yourself what the dark side of the moon has on its surface.
Believe me ... on the full size image of this the buildings and
other structures can clearly be seen - MJ |
Nasa's twin Grail probes arrived at the moon in early January - and one has just sent back its first video from the 'dark' side of the moon, the one we don't see from Earth. The video shows a flight from the north pole to the south pole of the moon. 'It's very rugged and covered with impact craters from asteroids that hit the moon's surface,' says Maria Zuber, Nasa's principal investigator on Grail. In the video, the north pole of the Moon is visible at the top of the screen as the spacecraft flies toward the lunar south pole. The side explored in the video can never be seen from Earth. The moon is 'tidally locked' to earth, so one side always faces away from us. It's the first video from the two probes - named 'Ebb' and 'Flow' - but many more will be sent back as American school pupils join in an interactive project to explore the moon's 'other' side..
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