Moon's beacon in view
Taken by Sylvain Verlaine on February 11, 2014 @
Paris, FRANCE
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Camera Used: Panasonic DMC-FZ200
Exposure Time: 10/10000
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 160
Date Taken: 2014:02:12 01:02:25
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As the Moon was 92% of full two days ago, I shot it with my camera.
The main interesting feature is the "white dot" on the upper left, just near the "terminator".
It's the Aristarchus crater (40 km / 25 miles in diameter), the most brightening feature of the Moon. So bright (twice than most features) that it's called the "Moon's beacon" !
It's a "young" crater, "only" 450 My old. It means that when it was formed, very complex animals were already living on Earth. Wow...
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