Early one morning the Moon showed its mountains, volcanoes, craters, and cracks through my backyard telescope in great detail. Later I turned the scope towards Saturn, which was about 10 degrees ahead of the moon, and inserted its photo in the image above for comparison. Both are at the same magnification. Saturn shows its famousContinue reading “Little Big Moon”
Tag Archives: Craters
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”
Eskildoodle Photos and Feelings 