Sinus Iridum
Americannoun
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The photograph captures Sinus Iridum - also known as the Bay of Rainbows - a massive crater 260km across.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024
"Shadow peaks of Sinus Iridum" by Gábor Balázs, from Hungary, took the top spot in the Our Moon category.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024
Moon shot Chang’e 3, China’s third lunar mission, will land on Sinus Iridum — the ‘Bay of Rainbows’ — China’s National Space Administration said on 29 October.
From Nature ● Nov. 7, 2012
Eastward of Plato a line of highlands, separating the Mare Imbrium from the Mare Frigoris, carries the eye to the beautiful semicircular Sinus Iridum, or "Bay of Rainbows."
From Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers by Serviss, Garrett Putman
MAUPERTUIS.—A great mountain enclosure of irregular shape, about 20 miles in diameter, in the midst of the Sinus Iridum highlands, N. of Laplace.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
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