Videos de NASA
La Luna tiene un legendario “lado oscuro”, una cara que nunca es visible desde la Tierra porque la fuerza de atracción de nuestro planeta redujo tanto la velocidad de rotación de nuestro satélite que este muestra siempre el mismo hemisferio.
Y si bien esta sola denominación alimenta las más diversas historias, especulaciones e incluso hechos comprobables (por ejemplo, la incapacidad de establecer una comunicación entre la Tierra y alguien o algo que se encuentre en ese parte de la Luna), ahora un video de la NASA contribuye a develar el misterio, o a hacerlo aún más atractivo por la vía de la admiración y la sopresa.
Gracias a la cámara de la sonda espacial Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, la agencia espacial estadounidense consiguió captar imágenes de prácticamente todo nuestro satélite, incluido su lado oscuro, las cuales fueron después reunidas por miembros del Centro Aeroespacial de Alemania.
Las fotografías con que este video fue armado.
LROC WAC 643nm Moon Rotation
Aristarchus Central Peak Movie
lroc.sese.asu.edu LROC NAC image taken at 2010-03-06 14:02:24.346 UTC. The movie features high definition flyover of the central peak of Aristarchus crater, near a Constellation region of interest.
Tsiolkovskiy HD Movie 1
Tsiolkovskiy HD Movie 2
Apollo 14 Landing Site Movie 1
First Look: Apollo 12 in the Ocean of Storms
LROC WAC Global Mosaic and DTM
The WAC 100 m/pixel global mosaic is comprised of over 15,000 images acquired between November 2009 and February 2011. The WAC 100 m/pixel global DTM was derived from over 44,000 WAC stereo models from primary phase. The highest elevation (white) is 10,760 meters, and the lowest elevation (purple) is -9150 meters. Visit our website for the full resolution video and images.
Linne crater movie
This flyover was generated from 3D model of Linne Crater with the image draped on top. The 3D model uses the DTM derived from LROC NAC stereo images.
Tycho Central Peak
On 10 June 2011 the LRO spacecraft slewed 65 degrees to the west, allowing the LROC NACs to capture this dramatic sunrise view of Tycho crater.
LROC Explores Apollo 11
On November 5, 2011 the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) acquired a high resolution image of the Apollo 11 landing site.
LROC Explores Apollo 12
On August 19, 2011 the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) acquired a high resolution image of the Apollo 12 landing site. More information about this image and other LROC images can be found at http://lroc.sese.asu.edu
LROC Explores Apollo 14
On August 18, 2011 the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) acquired a high resolution image of the Apollo 14 landing site. More information about this image and other LROC images can be found at http://lroc.sese.asu.edu
LROC Explores Apollo 15
LROC Explores Apollo 16
On November 6, 2011 the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) acquired a high resolution image of the Apollo 16 landing site. More information about this image and other LROC images can be found at http://lroc.sese.asu.edu.
LROC Explores Apollo 17
On August 14, 2011 the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) acquired a high resolution image of the Apollo 17 landing site. More information about this image and other LROC images can be found at http://lroc.sese.asu.edu
LROC Explores the West Wall of Aristarchus Crater
LROC Revisits the Interior of Tycho Crater
On 15 January 2012 the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter slewed 64.5 degrees to the east to capture this astonishing view of the floor and central peak of Tycho crater. In June of 2011, LRO captured a view looking to the west. Check it out: LROC Explores Tycho Central Peak More amazing LROC images can be found at http://lroc.sese.asu.edu
Barnstorming Giordano Bruno Crater
Giordano Bruno is a 22 km lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. The Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter acquired a sequence of images, which were used to create this seamless mosaic. The mosaic was then overlaid on a digital elevation model (DEM) that was derived from NAC stereo observations. This allows us to create virtual perspective views of the crater wall.
A Day at the Apollo 12 Landing Site
The most common questions to the LROC team before launch concerned what will we see at the Apollo sites? Will we see the Lunar Module descent stage and rovers? What about rover tracks, the American flags? As we now know the LROC NAC images clearly show all of the above items. From the LROC images it is now certain that the American flags are still standing and casting shadows at all the sites, except for Tranquility Base, the Apollo 11 landing site. The best way to see that the US flags are still there is to view a time series of LROC images taken at different times of day and watch the shadow circle the flag. This time lapse movie shows just such a sequence of images highlighting the movement of the flag's shadow at the Apollo 12 landing site.
A Year Over the Moon's South Pol
LRO's 50 km orbit enables images of the south pole to be acquired every ~2 hours. This video is comprised of over 3,500 WAC images taken over a year (2/16/10 to 2/16/11)
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