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| The 1d15h23m-old Moon over Souda, Crete |
On my way back to the ship at twilight...a sudden rift in the clouds revealed the 1day15hr-old Moon only a few minutes from setting. I managed a brace of hand-held shots before Luna was again lost in the clouds.
One thing that never ceases to amaze me is that one can actually make out detail on a slender crescent like tonight's apparition. In the zoomed-in shot, look for the rounded edge of Mare Crisium (Sea of Crisis) at 3-o'clock, and the small indentation in the terminator that marks the crater Humbolt at about 5-o'clock on the lunar disk.
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| A hand-held zoom shot--note Mare Crisium and Crater Humbolt |
In a few days these details will be lost in the crowd of features and details as our satellite teasingly reveals her face. Stay tuned.
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