Domes on the Moon? You Bet!
An unaltered image from Clems UV-Vis camera. There is some doubt in my mind as to whether these domes are volcanic in nature. These would appear to be caused by some other mechanism. Like frost heaving. Where did the water come from? Well, that's another story.
The Support Data
PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 /*** FILE FORMAT ***/ RECORD_TYPE = UNDEFINED /*** POINTERS TO START BYTE OFFSET OF OBJECTS IN FILE ***/ ^IMAGE_HISTOGRAM = 4789 <BYTES> ^BROWSE_IMAGE = 5813 <BYTES> ^IMAGE = 7541 <BYTES> /*** GENERAL DATA DESCRIPTION PARAMETERS ***/ MISSION_NAME = "DEEP SPACE PROGRAM SCIENCE EXPERIMENT" SPACECRAFT_NAME = "CLEMENTINE 1" DATA_SET_ID = "CLEM1-L/E/Y-A/B/U/H/L/N-2-EDR-V1.0" PRODUCT_ID = "LUE5500P.315" ORIGINAL_PRODUCT_ID = "LUE50267.315" PRODUCER_INSTITUTION_NAME = "NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY" PRODUCT_TYPE = EDR EDR_SOFTWARE_NAME = "NRL-ACT-MGRAB V1.2" MISSION_PHASE_NAME = "LUNAR MAPPING" DATA_QUALITY_ID = "N/A" TARGET_NAME = "MOON" REVOLUTION_NUMBER = 315 FRAME_SEQUENCE_NUMBER = 5500 /*** TIME PARAMETERS ***/ START_TIME = 1994-04-26T16:31:02.633Z STOP_TIME = "N/A" UNCORRECTED_START_TIME = 1994-04-26T16:31:02.637Z SPACECRAFT_CLOCK_START_COUNT = "N/A" SPACECRAFT_CLOCK_STOP_COUNT = "N/A" PRODUCT_CREATION_TIME = 1995-01-11T18:35:35 /*** CAMERA RELATED PARAMETERS ***/ INSTRUMENT_NAME = "ULTRAVIOLET/VISIBLE CAMERA" INSTRUMENT_ID = "UVVIS" FILTER_NAME = "E" CENTER_FILTER_WAVELENGTH = 1000 <nm> BANDWIDTH = 30 <nm> GAIN_MODE_ID = "2" MCP_GAIN_MODE_ID = "N/A" OFFSET_MODE_ID = "3" EXPOSURE_DURATION = 14.9152 <ms> LENS_TEMPERATURE = 277.17 <K> FOCAL_PLANE_TEMPERATURE = 274.570 <K> CRYOCOOLER_TEMPERATURE = "N/A" CRYOCOOLER_DURATION = "N/A" /*** J2000 (ALSO CALLED EME2000) IS THE INERTIAL REFERENCE SYSTEM ***/ /*** USED TO SPECIFY OBSERVATIONAL GEOMETRY. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ***/ /*** COORDINATES OF TARGET ARE PLANETOCENTRIC. GEOMETRIC PARAMETERS ***/ /*** ARE BASED ON BEST AVAILABLE DATA AT TIME OF PRODUCT CREATION. ***/ /*** REFER TO CLEMENTINE SPICE DATA BASE FOR THE MOST CURRENT ***/ /*** OBSERVATIONAL GEOMETRY DATA. ***/ /*** LINE-OF-SITE ON CELESTIAL SPHERE: Angles in <deg> ***/ RIGHT_ASCENSION = 136.53 <deg> DECLINATION = -59.68 <deg> TWIST_ANGLE = 305.04 <deg> RETICLE_POINT_RA = ( 130.18, 136.29, 143.31, 136.73) RETICLE_POINT_DECLINATION = ( -58.44, -63.18, -60.60, -56.19) /*** OBSERVATIONAL SEQUENCE INFORMATION ***/ SEQUENCE_TABLE_ID = "KEQ_06" /*** TARGET PARAMETERS: Position <km>, Velocity <km/s> ***/ SC_TARGET_POSITION_VECTOR = ( -828.8, 780.2, -1958.4) SC_TARGET_VELOCITY_VECTOR = ( 1.4272, 0.5202, -0.7651) TARGET_CENTER_DISTANCE = 2265.2 <km> /*** TARGET WITHIN SENSOR FOV: Angles in <deg> ***/ SLANT_DISTANCE = 527.8 <km> CENTER_LATITUDE = 69.63 <deg> CENTER_LONGITUDE = 320.34 <deg> HORIZONTAL_PIXEL_SCALE = 0.135 <km> VERTICAL_PIXEL_SCALE = 0.135 <km> SMEAR_MAGNITUDE = 0.19 <pixels> SMEAR_AZIMUTH = 100.37 <deg> NORTH_AZIMUTH = 269.58 <deg> RETICLE_POINT_LATITUDE = ( 68.98, 68.98, 70.26, 70.25) RETICLE_POINT_LONGITUDE = ( 322.71, 317.96, 317.83, 322.87) /*** SPACECRAFT POSITION WITH RESPECT TO CENTRAL BODY ***/ SUB_SPACECRAFT_LATITUDE = 69.63 <deg> SUB_SPACECRAFT_LONGITUDE = 320.18 <deg> SPACECRAFT_ALTITUDE = 527.8 <km> SUB_SPACECRAFT_AZIMUTH = 1.10 <deg> /*** SPACECRAFT LOCATION: Position <km>, Velocity <km/s> ***/ SPACECRAFT_SOLAR_DISTANCE = 150899183.8 SC_SUN_POSITION_VECTOR = (-121584897.5, -81998058.9, -35552703.3) SC_SUN_VELOCITY_VECTOR = ( 16.5159,-23.3626, -9.0305) /*** VIEWING AND LIGHTING GEOMETRY (SUN ON TARGET) ***/ SOLAR_DISTANCE = 150899890.6 <km> SUB_SOLAR_AZIMUTH = 121.01 <deg> SUB_SOLAR_LATITUDE = 0.50 <deg> SUB_SOLAR_LONGITUDE = 349.59 <deg> INCIDENCE_ANGLE = 71.83 <deg> PHASE_ANGLE = 71.95 <deg> EMISSION_ANGLE = 0.24 <deg> LOCAL_HOUR_ANGLE = 147.65 <deg> /*** LIGHTING GEOMETRY FROM SECONDARY SOURCE ***/ LIGHT_SOURCE_NAME = "EARTH" LIGHT_SOURCE_DISTANCE = 357863.8 <km> SUB_LIGHT_SOURCE_AZIMUTH = 133.63 <deg> SUB_LIGHT_SOURCE_LATITUDE = 0.67 <deg> SUB_LIGHT_SOURCE_LONGITUDE = 1.88 <deg> LIGHT_SOURCE_INCIDENCE_ANGLE = 74.52 <deg> LIGHT_SOURCE_PHASE_ANGLE = 74.68 <deg> /*** DESCRIPTION OF OBJECTS CONTAINED IN THE FILE ***/ OBJECT = IMAGE_HISTOGRAM ITEMS = 256 DATA_TYPE = LSB_INTEGER ITEM_BYTES = 4 END_OBJECT OBJECT = BROWSE_IMAGE LINES = 36 LINE_SAMPLES = 48 SAMPLING_FACTOR = 8 SAMPLE_TYPE = UNSIGNED_INTEGER SAMPLE_BITS = 8 END_OBJECT OBJECT = IMAGE ENCODING_TYPE = "CLEM-JPEG-1" ENCODING_COMPRESSION_RATIO = 3.23 LINES = 288 LINE_SAMPLES = 384 SAMPLE_TYPE = UNSIGNED_INTEGER SAMPLE_BITS = 8 MAXIMUM = 255 MINIMUM = 29 MEAN = 135.315 STANDARD_DEVIATION = 19.916 CHECKSUM = 4536740 END_OBJECT Return to Strange Page Return to Clem Home Page Return to VGL Home Page