Tour of the Moon 4K Redux (Music Only)

In the fall of 2011, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission released its original Tour of the Moon, a five-minute animation that takes the viewer on a virtual tour of our nearest neighbor in space. Six years later, the tour has been recreated in eye-popping 4K resolution, using the same camera path and drawing from the vastly expanded data trove collected by LRO in the intervening years.

The tour visits a number of interesting sites chosen to illustrate a variety of lunar terrain features. Some are on the near side and are familiar to both professional and amateur observers on Earth, while others can only be seen clearly from space. Some are large and old (Orientale, South Pole-Aitken), others are smaller and younger (Tycho, Aristarchus). Constantly shadowed areas near the poles are hard to photograph but easier to measure with altimetry, while several of the Apollo landing sites, all relatively near the equator, have been imaged at resolutions as high as 25 centimeters (10 inches) per pixel.

The new tour highlights the mineral composition of the Aristarchus plateau, evidence for surface water ice in certain spots near the south pole, and the mapping of gravity in and around the Orientale basin.

The camera flies over the lunar terrain, coming in for close looks at a variety of interesting sites and some of the LRO data associated with them. Includes feature titles, research sources, and the location and scale of the image center.

Visualizer: Ernie Wright (lead)

[SanzAlfredo]

Thank You Very Much for this video. When he shows Tycho crater I can't help but imagine a huge black monolith buried there. Saludos desde La Ciudad del Humo.

[АлексейМайоров-рн]

Замечательные виды. Будто сам побывал на Луне.

[olorin]

Wow, wonderful. I wish more people understood and appreciated the modern renaissance. Thank you for the part you play NASA.

[alexboehm]

Finally you blend in a size meter. Please do that more often!!! Thank you!!

[edwinbowen]

Its such a neat life in this world to have technology that can go around the solar system n take pictures out in space!

[rhollyday]

Surface radar resolution is extremely detailed! Please publish radar images of Apollo landing sites and the lunar bases on the dark side. Thanks!

[alexandremarcelino]

Espetácular!👏 Eu nunca tinha visto imagens assim! me senti como se estivesse passando na Lua, incrível!!

[adamhuffman]

2;27 wow! Tale end of the meteor! Great video!

[vipinbaliga]

My respects to everyone working at NASA and everyone involved in making this video possible. It should be shown to every kid out there. Awe inspiring view of the Moon!

[andredemontigny]

Sais dès très belle image Sais surprenant de la voir aussi proches merci

[EctorArias-xqrf]

Exelentes tomas, gracias por compartir.😮

[LucianoRodrigues-ltsw]

Vídeo sensacional...a trilha então... show de bola

[JohaarjoshimanthGhaurinanda]

Spectacular high resolution images with very detailed zooms! I've also read that the regolith of the lunar surface at its south pole contains some water ice, and that the Aitken Basin with its 2400 km diameter the largest remnant of any impact structure on a celestial body in our Solar System is, caused by a huge collision of a proto-planet with the proto-Moon in the far past.🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘

[treeknome]

I saw the Captains Deck in the other full view of the moon. Pretty cool.

[ВладимирШинкаренко-ъо]

ОБАЛДЕТЬ! Смотрю Луну в бинокль, а тут такая оптика, даже следы лунохода показали если я не ошибаюсь.👍

[zailuzmarte]

3:55 tres piramides borradas intencional mente, con el mismo parentescos a las piramides de giza. que casualidad que donde fuero a parar. asta donde se existen fotos tomadas y que luego fueron editadas borrando el fondo para que al ser publicadas no se viera esas partes

[radiomindchatter]

Loved the transition of light and dark on this!

[tatianaciobotaru]

Bellissima molto interessante grazie 😅

[Victor-kb]

Русские кто зашел всем привет и добра!!!