Many people refer to it incorrectly as its “ grim ” side , but the far side of our moon actually receives about as much light , on average , as the side confront Earth … you ’d just never live it , because the Moon ’s rotation is such that the same side is perpetually facing us ( the solution of a phenomenon know astidal locking ) .
The image up top reveals the topography of the Moon ’s mystic far side in technocolorrific , Jackson Pollock - esque detail . Borne out of a a partnership between NASA and the US Geological Survey , the single-valued function is just one in an awesome series create by the two organizations between 1971 and 1998 .
you could download absolutely monolithic versions of this and other geologic maps of the Moon , Mars , Mercury , Venus and the Galilean satellite over at theUS Geological Survey . ( For the hi - res download of the image you see up top , clickhere ) .
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