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It's been said that "art is science made 

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clear." Just look to space if you need proof. NASA's Lunar

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Reconnaissance Orbiter has brought this thought to life with a beautiful array of

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visuals from the moon. Selecting the best image was what The Moon As Art 

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campaign was all about. LRO has thousands of photos 

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and datasets to choose from, but just 24 were selected to be a part of The 

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Moon as Art collection. There are views of craters, ejecta blankets, 

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and temperature maps. But only one image can be chosen to grace the cover. 

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Of these candidates the LRO team selected 5 

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to put up for a public vote. First is "Starry Night." 

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Here, laser-created topography was used to bring us this colorful view 

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of the slopes near the moon's south pole. Next

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is "Tycho Central Peak." This mountain peak is inside an impact 

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crater, and has a bolder over 100 meters wide at its summit.

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"Diviner North Pole" features nighttime 

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temperatures at that location on the Moon. Colder spots are in blue, 

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warmer in orange and red. Next up is "Linne Crater topography,"

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where a digital terrain map was created using several images from the 

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narrow angle camera, and color-coded to show differences in elevation.

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"Clerke Crater" is the final option, where highly reflective granular 

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debris can be seen flowing down its interior wall. Now,

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after 2 weeks of online voting, the winner of The Moon As Art contest 

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is . . .Tycho Central Peak - capturing 52%

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of votes. This beautiful photograph will be the face of The Moon As Art 

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collection, thanks to you. To see the collection in detail, visit 

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the LRO website.

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