Subj : ES Picture of the Day 22  2022
To   : All
From : Dan Richter
Date : Mon Aug 22 2022 12:00:46

 EPOD - a service of USRA

The Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) highlights the diverse processes
and phenomena which shape our planet and our lives. EPOD will collect and
archive photos, imagery, graphics, and artwork with short explanatory
captions and links exemplifying features within the Earth system. The
community is invited to contribute digital imagery, short captions and
relevant links.


 Lunar Pareidolia: Profile of Woman’s Face

   August 22, 2022

    Screenshot_20220512_074746
   Photographer:  Emanuele Nifosi

   Summary Author:  Emanuele Nifosi

    Emanuele_Screenshot_20220512_074746 (002) Around the eighteenth
   century, the astronomer  Gian Domenico Cassini first noticed light
   reflecting off the Moon's landscape along the edge of Golfo delle Iridi
   resembled the profile of a woman with long hair. This lunar feature
   specifically appeared in close relation to the  Promontorium
   Heraclides and coincided with the Moon's 10th and 11th day of its
    synodic orbit. Later,  Giovanni Cassini also engraved a female
   figure in a lunar map he published in 1679, according to some scholars
   identifiable with his wife Genevieve Laistre.

   Shown above, surrounded by a pronounced radial pattern, the Copernicus
   crater is visible resembling a human profile. As a note, the photo of
   the Moon is upside down as viewed through the reflector telescope - as
   it would also have been seen by Gian Domenico Cassini.  Click here
   to see a video of the Moon changing illumination angles.

   Photo Details: Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope 6 inch diameter telescope,
   Hyperion Morpheus 9mm, mounted smartphone, ISO 1.250, f/1.9 exp 1/130
     * Scicli, Italy Coordinates: 36.7932, 14.7070

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     *  Lunar and Planetary Institute
     *  MoonConnection
     *  NASA Eclipse Web Page
     *  Understanding The Moon Phases

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