Japan marvels at its Moon movies (BBC)

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By Paul Rincon
Science reporter, BBC News, Houston

Stunning high-definition movies of the Moon's surface have been sent back by a Japanese space probe.

Selene, or Kaguya, arrived at the Moon late last year and carries a large HDTV camera to shoot footage as it flies 100km above the lunar surface.

The video gives an idea of the vistas seen decades ago by the Apollo astronauts as they approached the Moon.

The very latest footage was unveiled at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, Texas.

It includes amazing pictures of "Earth rise" over the lunar horizon and of the "terminator", the boundary between the Moon's day side and night side.
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more (including video): http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7291525.stm

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1. I wonder if they have shots of the Apollo landing sights

That would be interesting to see. Maybe it would shut some people up about us not going to the moon.

[TheMadMonk]

2. Nah. They'd be faked doancha know. nt