![]() ![]() ![]() Note : This library will not be completed in the future because of the availability of the high resolution Photographic Clementine texture (500 m). (Formations whose official name begins with A and B) Nearside formations pictures taken by american and soviet probes :įormations pictures taken by Clementine american probe :ĭifferent from LOPAM pictures, These new photos have been taken with a solar vertical lighting and show albedo variations in formations. Luna, Ranger, Lunar Orbiter 1,2,3,5 And Surveyor Probes They show formations with angular views different from the view from earth. New! Nearside formations pictures extracted from Consolidated Lunar Atlas put online by the Lunar and Planetary InstituteĪPOLLO pictures of Nearside taken from orbit by Apollo 8, 10, 11, 12 ,13 ,14 ,15 ,16 and 17 missions from 1968 to 1972. Nearside formations pictures extracted from Lunar Astronautical Charts and Lunar Maps put online by the Lunar and Planetary Institute Lunar Astronautical Charts &Amp Lunar Maps The pictures library for those who don’t want to download more !Īpollo Mapping Cameras pictures from missions Apollo 15,16 & 17 put online by Lunar and Planetary Institute ![]() Details to 300 m / pixel.ġ30 pictures of the most famous lunar formations. Pictures extracted from LOPAM and taken by Lunar Orbiter 4 probe. New version destripped using Niels Noordhoek routine (Thanks to him !) Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas Of The Moon ( Lopam )Ĭontains more than 1000 pictures extracted from LOPAM and taken by Lunar Orbiter 4 probe. – Nearside formations pictures by Zac Pujic, Mike Wirths and Craig Zerbe (Thanks to them !) – Nearside formations pictures by Wes Higgins (Thanks to him !) – Nearside formations pictures by Paolo Lazzarotti, (Thanks to him !) Includes 3 pictures libraries with some best amateur formation pictures. Ideal texture for using with scientific overlays. New! Topographic map drawn with airbrush and without albedo hues. New! Very high resolution photographic texture with shadowed relief realized from Lunar Orbiters data. High resolution Lunar Orbiter photographic texture New! Photographic texture covering complete lunar globe realized from Clementine probe data (CopyrightÂUSGS / AstrogeologyÂ. We’re looking forward to releasing The Moon Atlas in 2021 and The Mercury Atlas shortly thereafter.Download Add-ons High resolution Clementine photographic textures Another set of tools to add to the collective knowledge of the lunar surface. We don’t pretend to be adding to the Lunar community in any way except with a very approachable, attractive, and easy-to-use reference in both book and web form. The Moon has been mapped for decades in amazing detail. “The moon is practically cosmopolitan”, Eian mentioned while showing me all the landing sites one day while going over a prototype Moon Atlas.Įach one of these successes needed a map or a surface analysis of some sort. India, Israel, Japan have all sent unmanned probes. Japan intends to put a man on the moon before 2030. China has landed a spacecraft on the Moon. This is supported by the fact that since the famous “space race” era of the Soviet Union and the United States, many other countries have vied for the honor of exploring the lunar surface. The Moon will be something of a proving ground for astronauts, technology, and the organization of human capital. So it follows that any private or public enterprise is going to master sailing to the moon before sailing to Mars. Vasco da Gama didn’t attempt to cross the Atlantic in search of India before he learned how to sail across the Tagus Estuary. ![]() When we thought critically about space exploration and colonization of our solar system and our thoughts began to shift. ![]()
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