One of the most beautiful images that you can have is of the moon through binoculars. The three-dimensional impression he has is impressive.
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Area Mare Imbrium, photographed from Apollo 17. Is the area we use for animation below. |
The formation of the Seas:
all know that the seas are not acts as ground water, but are made of something solid: basalt.
The most accepted theory of its formation, there is lava on the moon, which flowed on the surface covering the lower zones.
When the moon was just born, it solidified a "scab" fine rocks, which are now seen as lighter areas.
This crust was quite thin, with lava (basalt) below. When an asteroid hitting the surface with sufficient diameter to break the "crust", basalt flowing there, filling the whole region.
is now accepted that the oceans have on average about 20 kilometers thick.
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lunar topographic map taken by the Clementine spacecraft, where it is clear that the seas are in the lower areas of the Moon. There |
Below you can see a very basic video on how it is a sea, and as the basalt flows. In the initial image is the original image area, with a land where the future simulated the formation of the Tues
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