Planets and Moons  ID: 680

True Color Moon using USGS Airbrush Texture

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on July 23, 1999
True color moon using a USGS Airbrush Texture showing the south pole, the crash site of the Lunar Prospector.
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True Color (airbrushed) Moon. Showing the south pole, the crash site of the Lunar Prospector.
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Video slate image reads, "True Color Moon
* Clementine surface texture map
(rotating with tilt up showing south pole)".
 

Alternate Versions

Airbrushed Moon
False Color Moon Rotation Using Clementine Surface Texture Map

Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Stuart A. Snodgrass (GST): Animator
Lisa Chu-Thielbar (NASA/ARC): Scientist
David J. Lawrence (Los Alamos National Laboratory): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Mission:
QuikSCAT

Data Used:
QuikSCAT/SeaWinds/Wind
Unknown
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This item is part of this series:
Lunar Prospector

Keywords:
SVS >> Crash Site
SVS >> Lunar Prospector
SVS >> Moon
DLESE >> Physical geography
SVS >> South Pole
DLESE >> Space science
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons