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This is one of my favourite crater. Shot this last night near the Moon's terminator with Mewlon 210, Philips SPC900 webcam & 2.5X Powermate.

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Nice shot....i am always amaze by the craters on moon, they are so well preserved, despite the fact that is is a very powdery lunar surface.
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I can almost see the blue water in the center crater!
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great detail! I like the small channel heading to the little domelets! 8-)
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i really think that there was once water on moon....
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When I watched "Space 1999" when I was young, I always wondered if they dump all their urine waste from Moon Base Alpha into space? And if they do that long enough, wouldn't it create an ammonia/urea atmosphere on the moon? Heh...
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