This animation is a brief tour of several prominent features of the Moon's terrain: Tycho crater, the south pole, and the South Pole-Aitken basin. The height of the terrain is color-coded, with blues and greens representing low altitudes and reds representing high altitudes. The view is match-moved to a companion piece showing the Moon in natural colors.

The elevation map comprises low-resolution data from a number of sources, including the Clementine and JAXA/SELENE spacecraft, combined with high-resolution insets for Tycho and the region near the south pole. One of the goals of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission is the creation of a high-resolution elevation map of the entire surface of the Moon.

Animation Number: 3582
Completed: 2009-03-31
Animators: Ernie Wright (UMBC) (Lead)
Marte Newcombe (GST)
Producer: Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC)
Scientist: James Garvin (NASA/GSFC)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: KAGUYA/Laser Altimeter (LALT)/DEM (2007-12-30 to 2008-03-31)
Tycho DEM (1998)
Unified Lunar Control Network 2005 (1970 to 2005)
Series: The Moon
LRO Pre-launch

Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. Some elevation data provided by JAXA/SELENE.

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