Moon Maps, Doughnuts In Space, And Other Amazing Images Of The Week

Cute animals are an added bonus

By Rachel Fobar

Posted on Apr 18, 2015 12:00 AM EDT

This beautiful map was a long time in the making. The U.S. Geological Survey created detailed maps of the Moon’s topography using more than 6.5 billion measurements, all collected between 2009 and 2013 by the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter. Trent Hare and colleagues/U.S. Geological Survey

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