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Perfectly round shape on the moon.
4 points by brupm2 on May 17, 2011 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llbj9trfTx1qzt1kzo1_500.jpg

I just took this photo. Although the picture is pretty mundane, I observed something I have never seen before: The perfectly round circle on the bottom of the moon (bottom right hand corner).

At first I thought it was a crater, but it looks too perfect. What could it be?

What are the shiny dots all over the moon?




Nice photo. All the things you ask about are craters. The large one is Tycho.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_(crater)


Interesting, it's so perfectly round. Thank you.


You can also zoom and pan in

www.google.com/moon

A view with Tycho centered is:

http://www.google.com/moon/#lat=-43.802818&lon=-14.16687...





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