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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Spies Movement of Shadows Near the Moon’s South Pole – SciTechDaily
https://youtu.be/LEQFKgkTXjw At the Moon’s North and South Poles, the Sun is never more than 1.5° above or below the horizon. The resulting pattern of daylight…
At the Moon’s North and South Poles, the Sun is never more than 1.5° above or below the horizon. The resulting pattern of daylight and shadows is unlike anywhere else on the Moon — or the Earth. After zooming in on a small lunar highland area near the South Pole, this visualization recreates the illumination conditions there over a period of two lunar days, equal to two months on Earth.
This close to the pole, the Sun doesn’t rise and set. Instead, as the Moon rotates on its axis, the Sun skims…
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