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
The “moon maiden” is a term applied to a fancied resemblance of a portion of the Sinus Iridum to a female head.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard
Along the whole shore of the bay runs a chain of gigantic mountains, forming the southern border of a wild and lofty plateau, called the Sinus Iridum Highlands.
From Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments by Serviss, Garrett Putman
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