The Moon in 2012... hour by hour

Folks at the NASA GSFC Scientific Visualization Studio created this amazing animation showing our view of the Moon over the entire year of 2012 with time resolution of *one hour*! The tipping, tilting, and rocking are due to the Moon's elliptical orbit coupled with its tilt. I explain this using captions in the video itself.

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[sson386]

I was able to buy a used telescope at a yard sale a couple days ago. Was able to see the surface of the moon for the first time, and boy does it look amazing.

[TheJagzy]

Great but its a simulation so we dont see the UFO`s coming in & out of the Moon.

[PgmcoreHardcore]

i like

[jonathan martin]

sounds like you need a dip

[guy tremblay]

when the cost will be less then the profits , believe me mankind will mine the moon's ressources if they absolutly need those ressources. its only that our technologie is not advanced enough to make it profitable for now .

[Yeticus Rex]

Oh, please....

[MrBaconlover25]

I really hope you're joking...

[jonathan martin]

Its 2013, can we get some color photographs of the moon already?

[Ashley De Leon]

true

[BillClintonWasDum]

If I were the king of a country I would manufacture thousands of nuclear missiles, aim them at the moon, and see if I could push it out of orbit. Or, at the very least make some cool craters that could be seen with the naked eye. It would be my way of saying "I was here and left my mark."