Planets and Moons
ID: 10929
Although the moon has remained largely unchanged during human history, our understanding of it and how it has evolved over time has evolved dramatically. Thanks to new measurements, we have new and unprecedented views of its surface, along with new insight into how it and other rocky planets in our solar system came to look the way they do. See some of the sights and learn more about the moon here!
A Narrated Tour of the Moon
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See the narrated tour of the moon here!
For complete transcript, click here.
This video is also available on our YouTube channel.
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Wide view of Orientale Basin, one of the largest visible impacts on the moon's surface.
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Second view of Orientale Basin.
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Fly in to Shackleton Crater, where an artificial light reveals topography that hasn't seen sunlight in billions of years.
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Close-up shot of Tycho Crater's central peak as taken by the LROC narrow-angle camera.
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Close-up shot of the central boulder in Tycho Crater's central peak. Image taken by the LROC narrow-angle camera.
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Wide shot of Mare Serenitatis and the Taurus Littrow valley, where the crew of Apollo 17 landed in December 1972.
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Close-up views of the Apollo 17 landing site as taken by the LROC narrow-angle camera.
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Wide view of the Compton-Belkovich region.
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Close-up view of the Compton-Belkovich region.
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Push-in and flyaround of Jackson Crater.
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Push-in and flyaround of Tsiolkovsky Crater.
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Close-up shot showing changing shadows on Tsiolkovsky Crater.
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4.5 minute flyover tour of the moon. Many of the shots for the narrated tour come from this video.
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The narrated tour of the moon combined with the Evolution of the Moon animation.
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Credits
Ernie Wright (USRA): Lead Animator
Chris Smith (HTSI): Animator
Chris Smith (HTSI): Video Editor
Chris Meaney (HTSI): Narrator
Chris Smith (HTSI): Producer
Richard Vondrak (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
John Keller (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Noah Petro (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
James Rice (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Chris Smith (HTSI): Writer
Chris Smith (HTSI): Animator
Chris Smith (HTSI): Video Editor
Chris Meaney (HTSI): Narrator
Chris Smith (HTSI): Producer
Richard Vondrak (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
John Keller (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Noah Petro (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
James Rice (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Chris Smith (HTSI): Writer
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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Mission:
LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter)
Data Used: Note: While we identify the data sets used in these visualizations, we do not store any further details nor the data sets themselves on our site.
This item is part of these series:
Narrated Movies
LRO - Animations
LRO - Edited Features
Goddard TV Tape:
G2012-028 -- Evolution and Tour of the Moon
Keywords:
SVS >> Flyover
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Lunar
SVS >> Moon
SVS >> Music
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Land Surface >> Topography
SVS >> Edited Feature
SVS >> LRO
SVS >> Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
SVS >> LOLA
SVS >> LROC
SVS >> Interview
DLESE >> Narrated
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons
GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10929
Mission:
LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter)
Data Used: Note: While we identify the data sets used in these visualizations, we do not store any further details nor the data sets themselves on our site.
This item is part of these series:
Narrated Movies
LRO - Animations
LRO - Edited Features
Goddard TV Tape:
G2012-028 -- Evolution and Tour of the Moon
Keywords:
SVS >> Flyover
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Lunar
SVS >> Moon
SVS >> Music
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Land Surface >> Topography
SVS >> Edited Feature
SVS >> LRO
SVS >> Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
SVS >> LOLA
SVS >> LROC
SVS >> Interview
DLESE >> Narrated
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons
GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0
