The indian moon...

Ok... so as you can see, i have put a species on this and that might be a tad strange. However, "As part of the Apollo 12 mission, the camera from the Surveyor 3 probe was brought back from the Moon to Earth. On analyzing the camera it was found that the common bacterium Streptococcus mitis was alive on the camera. This was attributed by NASA to the camera not being sterilized on Earth prior to its launch two and a half years previously." Soooo are their still bacteria on the moon? Is it even the same species if they did survive? who knows! :)

The main reason i posted this pic was because I have only seen the moon 'bottom lit' whilst living in India. I think it is because of the proximity to the equator, but i can not be sure, i feel my googling quota is filled for today! :)

This post falls well and truly in many grey zones! As I am not too sure how to geotag it either! :)

comments (5)

JohnR

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If the species ID is a stretch (i think it is) I would completely agree to un-identify it! :P Posted 10 years ago
1. WildFlower
  
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  I think it would be more reliable to disable it... Posted 10 years ago
2. 1. JohnR
    
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    agreed and done! :) Posted 10 years ago

Ferdy Christant

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I'm ok with the id either way (keep or remove). More importantly, I appreciate the creativity in this post. Also, the actual image itself is fabulous, I've see few photos of the moon this sharp, well exposed, and beautiful.

On a small side note: you can actually see the state of the moon (waxing or waning) in the daylight planner, it will also take into account your location. In fact, you could back-date it exactly to the moment you captured this photo:

http://www.jungledragon.com/daylight Posted 10 years ago
1. JohnR
  
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  I think I am with wildflower on this one, the id is a stretch... I just found it an interesting story! :)
  
  Thanks for the kind words and I will check out the side note! :) Posted 10 years ago