Tour the Moon Like You’ve Only Imagined: From the Earth to the Moon

I’m not crying, that’s just moon dust in my eye.

Heavily-booted human feet have not touched the surface of the Moon for four decades. But we continue to experience it, day after day, in the images brought to us by robotic stellar explorers. These images are as informative as they are inspirational.

The Center for Lunar Science and Exploration teamed up with NASA to create this simply wonderful fly-through of lunar geography. Thanks to the digital archives of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and many other previous missions, nearly every speck of the Moon’s surface has been captured in stunning detail.

Here, those images have been stitched into 3D fly-bys. None of these are artist’s representations or illustrations. Every image in this video is real. Full screen, HD, sit back and smile.

Let’s keep exploring, shall we?

(for more background, an introduction, or to download the video, visit the YouTube page)

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