Mare Imbrium
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Mare Imbrium is a lava plain within the Imbrium Basin on The Moon and is one of the larger craters in the Solar System. The Imbrium Basin formed from the collision of a protoplanet during the Late Hea
Location of Mare Imbrium
Detail of basaltic lava flow fronts within Mare Imbrium, located north of Euler Crater. (Mosaic of Apollo 17 images.)
Oblique view of Imbrium Sculpture, with the crater Ukert right of center
The planned landing site for Chang'e 3 was Sinus Iridum. The actual landing took place on Mare Imbrium
Man in the Moon
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In many cultures, several pareidolic images of a human face, head or body are recognized in the disc of the full moon; they are generally known as the Man in the Moon. The images are based on the appe
Mare Imbrium
…Michael Langren's 1645 map named it "Mare Austriacum" (the Austrian Sea). Mare Imbrium is visible to the naked eye from Earth. In the traditional 'Man in the Moon' image seen on the Moon in Western folklore, Mare Imbrium forms the man's right eye. On 17 November 1970 at 3:47 Universal Time, the Soviet spacecraft…
The Man in the Moon is struck by a spacecraft in the Georges Méliès 1902 fantasy film Le Voyage dans la Lune
Near full moon over Berlin, Germany, in December 2015, approximately 30 minutes after moonrise
Common interpretation of the Man in the Moon as seen from the Northern Hemisphere
Moon's appearance for same longitude, but different hemispheres, 30 minutes after moonrise (generated model)