Lunicus

Think of the moon, and craters often comes to mind. However, more than craters mark its appearance. In addition to craters, there are peaks, mountain ridges, valleys, and plains of hardened lava across its surface. In the course of cooling, the lava settled and wrinkled, as seen left of the photo’s center, like thick, chocolateContinue reading “Lunicus”

Hello Little Bro

Earth’s little brother was grinning in the evening sky two nights ago, and I just had to look at it through my telescope. Then it seemed that photos of it would be nice, so I held my iPhone camera to the eyepiece and got these shots of the southern moon. Craters, valleys, mountains and plainsContinue reading “Hello Little Bro”