APOD: The Moon from Zond 8 (2013 Jul 16)

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[i]Soviet Union's Moon Probe Zond 3 frame 25. Photograph of the Moon's surface obtained on 20 July, 1965 by the Russian vehicle Zond 3. At the time, the probe was about 10,000 kilometers above the Moon.[/i] - [url=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zond_3.25.jpg][i]Wikimedia Commons[/i][/url]

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Zond 3: First to See Moon's Far Side on the Way to Mars
Discovery News | Amy Shira Teitel | 2013 Jul 18

It’s not one of the historic space missions we celebrate year after year, but on July 20, 1965, Zond 3 took some of the first high-quality images of the far side of the moon as it flew by on its way to Mars.

The moon is tidally locked with the Earth, which means the same side faces us all the time. So ever since Earthly beings have looked skyward at our only natural satellite they’ve seen the same face we see nearly every day. No one knew what was on the other side.

Until 1959.

[Beyond]

So what's that white spikey thingie on the right side, a noise globule

[neufer]

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So what's that white spikey thingie on the right side,
a noise globule

A monolith

[Beyond]

Nah Too short and the wrong color.