#April2016

Space Swoon: NASA releases new “Earthrise” photo from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

The MOON has volcanoes and craters mixing it up. Get along, all ready!

The Moon’s Got A Sexy Rearside.

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Check out a look at the backside of the Moon. She’s got dumps like trucks, what, what. Or something.

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High-Res Photo Of The Moon Is Swank; Where’s The Face?!

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There’s the face of the moon in all its high-res glory. This picture was taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s Wide-Angle Camera’s and is the mosaic culmination of over 1,300 fucking pictures. If that isn’t technological welcome to the future bonery, I don’t know what is.

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Far Side of the Moon Pictures Are Psychedelic Space Porn



Thanks to NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, we have the most detailed reliefs of the far side of the moon. Ever! Ever! Oh, technology. The Orbiter was capable of capturing the surface down to thirty-meters. G’damn. The trippy colors? False colors used to denote the various heights. The reds are the highest areas, the blues are the lowest.

Hit the jump for the psychedelic space porn.

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