Lunar camera creates high resolution topographic map of the Moon

Astronomers at Arizona State University have used Nasa's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) to build this jaw-dropping map of the Moon. It's the highest resolution, near-global topographic image of our lunar neighbour, yet. The map reveals the Moon's surface shape, and uses different colours to ...

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