Macro Mondays: Lunar Tree Bark
Still 900 feet from the lunar surface on their descent profile to the landing ground and the auto pilot has yet to make the manoeuvre to bring the lander upright. Then through the viewing port, the crew catch a first glimpse of the infamous 'Horseshoe crater'. Their rover will take them to the crater's edge to study the geology of an ancient impact site. Thought to be around 100 feet deep and with near vertical sides, the landing site had to be chosen to be just beyond it but still within reach for the rover. It may be that the team can bring back clues as to the crater's unusual shape. Did an asteroid break up as it hit, sending arms of debris out sideways. Was it an oddly shaped rock... or might something else have been here?
Scene is around 1.75 inches across. There are two of these small crescents carved in the tree trunk. Stacked image, though not as many frames as I wanted. Firstly, over time the crescents have gone upwards with the tree and I needed a big tripod at full extension, making it difficult... then the one remaining battery went!
Macro Mondays: Lunar Tree Bark
Still 900 feet from the lunar surface on their descent profile to the landing ground and the auto pilot has yet to make the manoeuvre to bring the lander upright. Then through the viewing port, the crew catch a first glimpse of the infamous 'Horseshoe crater'. Their rover will take them to the crater's edge to study the geology of an ancient impact site. Thought to be around 100 feet deep and with near vertical sides, the landing site had to be chosen to be just beyond it but still within reach for the rover. It may be that the team can bring back clues as to the crater's unusual shape. Did an asteroid break up as it hit, sending arms of debris out sideways. Was it an oddly shaped rock... or might something else have been here?
Scene is around 1.75 inches across. There are two of these small crescents carved in the tree trunk. Stacked image, though not as many frames as I wanted. Firstly, over time the crescents have gone upwards with the tree and I needed a big tripod at full extension, making it difficult... then the one remaining battery went!