Planets and Moons  ID: 3909

Tour of the Moon: Additional Footage

Visualizations by Ernie Wright Released on March 14, 2012
This is additional footage produced for the narrated version of Tour of the Moon. It supplements the visualizations in entry 3874.
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Orientale. The view matches the original tour, but the Sun has been moved to increase relief and contrast in the terrain.
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Orientale. Looking straight down, the view slowly backs away to reveal Orientale in the context of the full lunar globe.
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Shackleton. A flyover near the surface that peers into the permanently shadowed floor of the crater.
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Apollo 17 landing site. The view matches the original tour. The font of the labels has been changed, and the camera lingers at the end rather than immediately zooming out.
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Taurus-Littrow. A wide view of the valley where Apollo 17 landed, with a low Sun angle.
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Tsiolkovsky slow fly-in.
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Tsiolkovsky, slow flyover facing south, with changing sunrise shadows.
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Compton-Belkovitch. A slow push-in with slowly evolving evening shadows.
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Jackson. A slow fly-in, with a Sun angle similar to that used for the LROC WAC global mosaic.

Visualization Credits

Ernie Wright (USRA): Lead Animator
Chris Smith (HTSI): Producer
Richard Vondrak (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Missions:
Clementine
LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter)

Data Used:
Kaguya/LISM/DTM also referred to as: Kaguya Stereo DEM
Model - JAXA - 15 Dec 2007
Formerly known as "SELENE".
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LRO/LOLA/Digital Elevation Map also referred to as: DEM
Aug 2009 to Sep 2011
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LRO/LROC/Narrow Angle Camera also referred to as: NAC
10 Jun and 14 Aug 2011
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LRO/LROC
Aug 2009 to Sep 2011
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Clementine
Feb 26 to Apr 21 1994
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This item is part of these series:
The Moon
LRO - Animations

Keywords:
SVS >> Elevation data
SVS >> Flyover
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Laser Altimeter
SVS >> Lunar
SVS >> Moon
SVS >> LRO
SVS >> Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
SVS >> LOLA
SVS >> LROC
SVS >> Lunar Poles
SVS >> Lunar Surface
SVS >> Lunar Topography
SVS >> Lunar Elevation Map
SVS >> Solar System >> Moon >> Lunar Surface
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons