Thursday, October 29, 2009

The Moon is covered with oceans, lakes, and seas

The Moon is covered with oceans, lakes, and seas. You can see many of them tonight as the gibbous Moon sails high across the south. They form the dark blue-gray spots on the lunar surface. They are "seas" not of water, though, but of volcanic rock.

- Quads, hailing from Grand Marsh Observatory atop Elk Castle Hill

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