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LRO's First Moon Images
nasa.gov - 7/2/2009
LRO's First Moon Images
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1994 Clementine image of moon with Mare Nubium labeled 1994 Clementine image of the moon with Mare Nubium labeled. LRO's first lunar images show an area near this region. Credit: NASA NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has transmitted its first images since reaching the moon on June 23. The ...
LRO’s First Moon Images
spacefellowship.com - 7/2/2009
LRO’s First Moon Images
— spacefellowship.com — NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has transmitted its first images since reaching the moon on June 23. The... spacecraft’s two cameras, collectively known as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, or LROC, were activated June 30. The cameras are working well and have returned ... (more) LRO’s First Moon Images

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New moon vistas revealed
Cosmic Log — ... Today's first images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter provide a fresh perspective on the moon, just weeks before the 40th anniversary of the ...

LRO First Light images of the Moon!
Bad Astronomy — The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has returned its first images from the Moon! Woohoo! Check. It. Out! ...

NASA's LRO Returns its First Images of the Moon
The Launch Pad — The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter returned its first images of the lunar surface today. How beautiful, that magnificent desolation... Visit the LRO homepage to view these images in high resolution. ...

First Images from LRO
Tom's Astronomy Blog — ... the one above, you can see larger versions by clicking here for the one above and here for the other. Some of the lunar features look exaggerated, this is due to the shadows as the images were taken near the terminator between day and night on the surface.  Each of the images shows an area of 4,524 feet wide and features as small as just under 10 feet can be discerned. To see even more from the LRO, go to the LRO page at NASA.

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