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Here's a hand-held 450mm shot taken from Earth this morning, about an hour before the sun came up and took over for the day.

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I'm a big fan of the moon....a lunatic, you might say. :lol:

Enjoy everything in good time,
Joe
 
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Moonbeams and fairy tales that's all she ever wanted....
Every time I see a shot of the moon that's what I think about Joe and your shot is as good as any :D
 
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Also, I always wondered what the "crater" was starting from the left side and spidering across the surface was? Any takers
 
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It is an impact crater on relatively light-colored rock, versus the darker basalt "mare" (seas) visible in the upper part of full-moon photos. The light-colored spidering, as you called it, probably represents material ejected from the impact.

The crater is apparently named Tycho.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_%28crater%29

Nice photo, Joe. I'm also surprised you got such a clear shot without a tripod!
 
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geoguy said:
It is an impact crater on relatively light-colored rock, versus the darker basalt "mare" (seas) visible in the upper part of full-moon photos. The light-colored spidering, as you called it, probably represents material ejected from the impact.
The crater is apparently named Tycho.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_%28crater%29

Nice photo, Joe. I'm also surprised you got such a clear shot without a tripod!
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It's pretty cool that Tycho is one of the more recent big impact craters, being only about 100 million years old. :D :D
 
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