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Lunar Atlases I + II
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  • Two high resolution Lunar Atlases
In 2015, we recorded the raw material for two complete lunar atlases. The first of the atlases exclusively describes small and larger lunar structures of volcanic origin.

The second lunar atlas shows the usual lunar structures as craters , Rilles (grooves) systems, hillsides and mountains.
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Due to the large number of images and individual websites, both lunar atlases are opened in a separate browser window. They are a completely separate area within our chameleon site.

Two examples perfectly illustrate the high image resolution: The "Floor Fractured" crater Alphonsus with rilles and pyroclastic volcanism and the two small volcanic structures Isis and Osiris in the Mare Tranquillitatis southwest of the landing area of Apollo 17. Alphonsus with rilles and pyroclastic volcanism and the two small lunar Cones Isis and Osiris in the Mare Tranquillitatis


Extensive texts describe the individual structures in detail.
 
LUNAR ATLAS 01

This website shows a large part of the front of the Moon at an intervall of about 24 hours and a moon age from 4.5 to 14.8 days (17 - 100% illumination) with special attention to small structures lunar volcanism in high resolution.

It shows in detail volcanic structures like Floor Fractured Krater, lunar Domes, Megadomes, Plateaus, sinuous Rilles and areas with Pyroclastic Deposits.

The image resolution is on average between 1,000 to 2,000 meters, whereas for some images - depending on the lunar distance, the position of the details in viewing direction to the earth and the illumination - it is even under 1,000 meters. Height differences of about 50 m are visible.
LUNAR ATLAS 02

This website shows a majority of the front of the moon at intervals of a moon age from 4.5 to 13.1 days (17 - 95% illumination). This second atlas shows common lunar structures like craters, rilles (grooves), mountains etc. in high-resolution photographs.

The image resolution is on average between 1,000 to 2,000 meters, whereas for some images - depending on the lunar distance, the position of the details in viewing direction to the earth and the illumination - it is even under 1,000 meters. The best images show details in the range < 700 meters.

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