Plato an old favotitePosted By Alan Friedman |
Hi Wes -
A remarkable and eye opening image!!
The apparent rilles on the right edge of the crater are fascinating. I played with Daversin's reprocessed image in Photoshop this morning and produced a hint but not in exactly the same location. My first image of Plato from August is under almost the same lighting and has good resolution from a craterlet perspective but does not show these subtle lines. I have additional data to go through - maybe more signal will reveal a trace. The lunar orbiter images I have seen show Plato in a waxing moon and are of no help.
The famous crater attracts like a magnet but the detail shown in the foreground is spectacular as well. Thanks for sharing this wonderful picture,
Alan
A remarkable and eye opening image!!
The apparent rilles on the right edge of the crater are fascinating. I played with Daversin's reprocessed image in Photoshop this morning and produced a hint but not in exactly the same location. My first image of Plato from August is under almost the same lighting and has good resolution from a craterlet perspective but does not show these subtle lines. I have additional data to go through - maybe more signal will reveal a trace. The lunar orbiter images I have seen show Plato in a waxing moon and are of no help.
The famous crater attracts like a magnet but the detail shown in the foreground is spectacular as well. Thanks for sharing this wonderful picture,
Alan
