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NASA wants to fly you to the moon in 4K.
The space agency just released a new video showing off high-resolution imagery gathered by its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, tasked with exploring the moon from above.
The five-minute video shows off various sites on the near and the far side of the moon.
“The tour visits a number of interesting sites chosen to illustrate a variety of lunar terrain features,” NASA said in a video description.
“Some are on the near side and are familiar to both professional and amateur observers on Earth, while others can only be seen clearly from space.”
The video even shows off some of the Apollo landing sites as seen from orbit. Read more…
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