A huge payoff from the longevity of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission is the repeat coverage obtained by the LROC Wide Angle Camera. This NASA video footage shows what the moon would look like as it rotates. The images are impossible to witness from Earth, because only one of the moon's faces ever points toward the planet.
YouTube link
(thanks Cora)
2 comment(s):
I demand a gif of this!
How about a gif of the moon wobbling?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Lunar_libration_with_phase_Oct_2007_450px.gif/440px-Lunar_libration_with_phase_Oct_2007_450px.gif
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