images

The dark side of the Moon.

by

Nasa/Novapix

Reference

a-lun05-00002

Date

2006-11-06

This wide-angle view shows the far side comprising most of the image, with the near side making up about one-quarter of the disk at left. The dark patch at upper right is Mare Moscoviense and the dark areas at below and left of center are Mare Marginus and Mare Smythii. These are on the border between the near and far sides. The small dark circle at lower right is the crater Tsiolkovskiy. The image was taken by Luna 3 spacecraft on october 7 1959.