Posts Tagged selene/kaguya
Moon Light
Posted by Danielle in Home & Office on July 19, 2011
This amazing Moon light is by Japanese designer Nosigner (Eisuke Tachikawa), in response to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. It’s a beautiful piece, I would LOVE to own one.
Conceived by Japanese designer Nosigner as a symbol of hope after the earthquake and tsunami left Japan with almost none to be had, the Moon light is an accurate rendering of our only natural satellite.
Nosigner said after the twin disasters struck, many Japanese prayed to the ‘super moon’, the biggest full moon in a cycle of 18 years. “‘The Moon’ is the light of our hope,” the designer wrote on his blog.
To mould each crevice and scar on the moon’s surface accurately, Nosigner collected 3D topographical data from the lunar orbiter Kaguya.
Via designboom.
Kaguya, End-of-Life
Posted by Danielle in Picspam, Special Events on June 22, 2009
When the Kaguya (SELENE) probe impacted the lunar surface on June 10th, it broadcast images in HD up to the final moments of the craft. JAXA has release those images on the Kaguya site, and here they are for your viewing pleasure, in order:
…at which point, this happened:
Kaguya
Posted by Danielle in Special Events on June 10, 2009
All good things come to an end, it seems, and so goes the Kaguya (SELENE) probe, put into lunar orbit by JAXA (the Japanese space agency) in October 2007. In addition to many practical detectors, Kaguya also carried two HD cameras, resulting in some staggering video footage. Kaguya will impact the Moon’s surface today — a great mission comes to an end.
Friday Picspam, part 4
I’ve got the Moon on my brain today, so here’s some Moon-spam for ya! First, the above sketch by Deirdre Kelleghan shows Venus emerging from the limb of the moon, following a lunar occultation, shown below:
Next, this was last Friday’s APOD, of the Moon (the LARGE, faint crescent) and Venus (the small bright crescent):
This next image is the latest, best far-side map of the Moon, courtesy of SELENE/Kaguya (and today’s LPOD) in glorious shades of grey…
…which is simplified from this color version, downloadable in ENORMO-VISION.

















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