Reiner Gamma Lunar magnetic anomaly

[von Tom]

Before the clouds covered the Moon this morning (22nd Dec) I imaged an interesting looking feature (like a kite or manta ray) I had not noticed before (not that that is too hard as I'm not experienced in looking at the Moon! :) ).

Anyway, in a case of "shoot first, ask questions later" I found out after that it was Reiner Gamma. I remember reading about these swirls on the surface but didn't realise how prominent they were. Sorry for the image quality as seeing wasn't good, but I thought it was worth a post :).

Interesting link here:
http://lunarnetworks.blogspot.com/2010/05/local-topography-and-reiner-gamma.html


Thanks for looking,

Tom

[Shiraz]

hi Tom. Sure is a fascinating part of the moon - almost hard to believe that its real. Needs very good seing though for some reason - I guess because it does not have hard edges. Regards Ray