A crater and a vast plain called Mare Moscoviense.
This is what reveals the spectacular images . the dark side of the moon captured by the camera EPIC NASA aboard Deep Space Climate Observatory
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The images, recorded on July 16, showing the moment when the satellite passes through the face of the earth illuminated by the sun.
Watch the animation by clicking on the video.
Although not the first time we see the far side -revelada by a Soviet mission in 1959 the current technology shows more clearly and natural colors.
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The NASA satellite, whose mission is to monitor the winds Solares plans to take photographs from this perspective twice a year
From Earth, it is impossible to see the hidden side of the Moon.
Why?
The reason is called synchronous rotation .
This phenomenon occurs when the speed of rotation of a body about its own axis in this case coincides with the Moon orbital speed of translation.
This makes the same hemisphere is always kept pointing body around which it orbits.
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