By Anthony Bond
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Unless you are extremely wealthy, the chances are you'll never get to see the Moon up close.
But thanks to this new detailed video from the U.S. space agency Nasa, you can now see the Moon like never before.
The astonishingly clear video - which is narrated - shows some of the key features of the Moon, which is more than 221,000 miles away from Earth.
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Impressive: Thanks to a new detailed video from the U.S. space agency Nasa, you can now see the Moon like never before
Hostile: One of the opening shots of the video shows this enormous crater on the Moon's surface
Stunning: A key moment of the film is the detailed view of the South Pole-Aitken basin - which is one of the biggest known impact craters in the Solar System and the largest and deepest basin on the Moon
Close-up: Nasa says thanks to new measurements, it now has 'new and unprecedented' views of the Moon's surface - including this mountainous range
Nasa says that because of new measurements, it now has 'new and unprecedented' views of its surface - including the mysterious dark side of the Moon.
One of the opening scenes of the video shows an enormous crater on its surface.
It also highlights the Shackleton Crater, an impact crater which lies on the south pole of the Moon - named after the celebrated Anglo-Irish explorer of the Antarctic, Ernest Shackleton.
Another key moment of the film is the detailed view of the South Pole-Aitken basin - which is one of the biggest known impact craters in the Solar System and the largest and deepest basin on the Moon.
Historic: One of the most interesting features of the video is this scene showing the landing site of the Apollo 17 mission - the most recent manned Moon landing
Interesting: The video gives a more detailed view of the landing site in the Taurus Littrow Valley
Incredible: This image shows the Orientale Basin in stunning detail
Fascinating: The Shackleton Crater is also featured. It is an impact crater which lies on the south pole of the Moon - named after the celebrated Anglo-Irish explorer of the Antarctic Ernest Shackleton
Astonishingly, it is 1,600 miles in diameter and 8.1 miles deep and located on the dark side of the Moon - the lunar hemisphere which is not visible from the Earth's surface.
There has never been any ground exploration of the dark side of the Moon.
Perhaps one of the most interesting features of the video is when it shows the landing site of the Apollo 17 mission - the eleventh and final manned mission in the U.S. Apollo space programe.
It is the most recent manned Moon landing.
Detailed: The Tycho Crater is shown on the video. The video allows people to see up close the key features of the Moon, which is more than 221, 000 miles away from Earth
Close-up: The Jackson Crater is located on the dark side of the Moon - the lunar hemisphere which is not visible from the Earth's surface
Dark: Another deep and hostile looking crater is featured in the video
Informative: The Aristarchus Plateau is pictured in extraordinary detail
The video shows the landing point in the Taurus Littrow Valley.
The information section of the video - which Nasa has posted on YouTube - says: 'Although the moon has remained largely unchanged during human history, our understanding of it and how it has evolved over time has evolved dramatically.
'Thanks to new measurements, we have new and unprecedented views of its surface, along with new insight into how it and other rocky planets in our solar system came to look the way they do. See some of the sights and learn more about the moon here!'Â
Experience: Nasa says the video allows people to learn more about the Moon. This image shows the Compton-Belkovich crater
New images: The Tsiolkovsky crater is pictured on the dark side of the Moon
Far away: The Moon has rarely been seen in as extraordinary detail as this
Learning more: NASA says: 'the moon has remained largely unchanged during human history, our understanding of it and how it has evolved over time has evolved dramatically'
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Why the red arrow? I was being sarcastic. I know there is no dark side of the Moon and I hate to see the far side refered to as such.
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Cyrano de Bergerac, a Frenchman, also went on the moon in 1650 using rockets powered by firecrackers. He wrote a book about his journey : iThe Other World: or the States and Empires of the Moon/i. Yet another proof!
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It would be nice if they would superimpose something on the photos to give a sense of scale. A human being on the rim of a crater, etc.
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Thank you for the "fake" star field in the last image. It'll never end, will it? Have some courage and turn your camera to space and show all of us what is REALLY out there? Will that ruin the plan though, 100 years in the making?
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Living in Canada for 50 years and we were mislead. We were always told by the news media and personal visits to "The Cape", Houston and Huntsville, that the agancy was "NASA"...all capital or block letters.....thanks for correcting me DM....Glad you decided to change it.
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So they left the 'Rover' about a quarter of a mile+ from the 'Lander' and then walked/bounced back to catch the bus home. Yeah!
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In all non-Floydian seriousness, over time the far side actually receives and reflects very slightly more sunlight than the near side does, and so the far side could actually be described as the bright side. If you think about the moon's motions you'll realize why this is.
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If its the dark side of the moon may I ask the bleeding obvious, like how can you see the craters there on the video? Giant flash bulb?
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There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark
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There is no such thing as the dark side of the moon - Jono, London, 02/7/2012 13:00 ------------ Yes there is, because Pink Floyd sang about it. - Deckard B26354, London, UK, 02/7/2012 14:15 +++++++++++++++++++++++ "There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark. The only thing that makes it look light is the sun" ------- Pink Floyd - Eclipse
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