Blog:   Lunar Picture of the Day     Posted:   Monday 31st of December 2007 5:01 AM

image by Christian Arsidi, Vernouillet, France; north approximately to right.Arched like a rainbow, the Jura Mountains halfway encircles Sinus Iridum. Christian’s extreme closeup focuses attention on the mare-covered floor showing a few mare ridges and scattered small craters. My strong enhancement of the floor (small image below with artifacts on right edge) brings out albedo [...]