Bruce Murray Space Image Library

Dark side of the Moon through light phases (simulation)

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Simulated view of the far side of the Moon based on Clementine image data (map by Jens Beyer) and JAXA Kaguya topographic data. See the individual frames of this animation <a href="http://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/data/stosic/farside.html">here</a>.