Multiple media, Space Science, The Moon

Videos: Moon gems from Japan’s Kaguya spacecraft

Check  out these nice views of the Moon and Earth from the Japanese Kaguya (Selene)  mission: New Gems from the Moon | The Planetary Society –

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Although the mission took place in 2007-2009, only now has

 the Japanese space agency, JAXA, […] publicly released the entire data set from Kaguya’s HDTV cameras. The iconic views are all there…plus some gems that haven’t been widely seen before. One reason they weren’t previously released may be that some of them are “marred” by lens flare and other imperfections, but I think such things lend interesting visual texture and context to the images and videos.

Enjoy a few examples below, then visit the Kaguya HDTV Data Publication System website if you want to explore further.

More than seven years after Kaguya’s planned impact on the lunar surface, it’s good to have these fresh visions, courtesy of the moon’s brave princess.