Kepler area - Feb. 17

[Gladiator]

Hi all,

Another "aged" lunar session from dated Feb. 17.
I was lately very busy with my ordinary job, I'm now going through my
backlog of lunar images parked in my HDD.

Here's imaged the Kepler area under a low sun angle showing several
domic structures all way around.
But the "pimply" area around Marius A crater (whose western rim is
visible here on the left side of the image) is amazing indeed!
It looks like a downscaled version of the best known Marius hills lying
westward not so far from here! The enhanced (gamma 0.7) inset image show
these much better.
I wonder what those are.

http://www.lazzarotti-hires.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/kepler20080217_2124_lazz.jpg

More to follow.
Thank you for your attention.

[iceman]

Excellent image, Paolo. A massive field of view! Is that a mosaic?

The little bumps are most interesting indeed. I look forward to Chuck's commentary on LPOD some time soon :)

[Screwdriverone]

Holy Cow!,

The amount of detail and resolution in that photo is astounding!

Well done Paolo, the equipment you design and use is fantastic! I cant wait for the next one.

Chris

p.s. As an aside, I finally figured out who it is that you remind me of, we have a radio personality who commentates Rugby League also here called Ray Hadley and I swear he looks like your long lost twin when compared to your avatar. I have included a picture so you can see what I mean. :eyepop: I think the resemblance is uncanny, anyone else think so?

[Gladiator]

Thank you for your comments, Mike and Chris! Mike - no, this is a single shot image, I just upscaled it a bit. The camera I'm now using features a big 2/3" sensor! Chris- yes, that guy is somewhat looking like myself!

[Geoff45]

Stunning picture. Nice crisp detail and good composition.

[renormalised]

Those little bumps are lunar cinder cones....volcanoes. The region around Kepler has quite a few and there are numerous others scattered across the surface of the Moon.

Great piccies:)

[Gladiator]

Renormalised,

Thank you for your analysis! :thumbsup:
Now we all know something more!

[renormalised]

That's Ok:)

I'm a geologist by profession and planetary geology is one of my forte's.

Most of those cones are very old. They formed from the last gasp melts erupted during the formation of the mare, after most of the basaltic magmas of the mare had solidified. There may still be some last gasp volcanism on the Moon...witness the occasional gaseous flare that occurs there (lunar transient phenomena), but most likely nothing eruptive enough to create a pyroclastic cone.

[Gladiator]

Renormalised,

Would you like to join the GLR group?
This is simply the greatest group I know devoted to the serious Lunar Research with plenty of geologists there like yourself!
Your knowledge would be much appreciated indeed, so I hope you can join us.

This is their website:
http://www.glrgroup.org/

Here you can find the GLR group:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/domilunari/

Hope to hear from here, too! :thumbsup:

[renormalised]

I'll be joining soon:)

[Dietmar]

Paolo,

when I opened up the website the link navigated me to, I was overwhelmed!
when I saw I am supposed to hit the "enlarged" button,...I was struck off my seat!
your images are SUPERB!

[Gladiator]

Thank you Dietmar!
The same happens to me when I open your full res images!
I regularly miss to click above 'small version' because I know it's a waste of time! ;)