Moon - Nearside Sun This spectacular image of the

This spectacular image of the Orion Nebula star-formation region was obtained from multiple exposures using the HAWK-I infrared camera on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile

313 miles across) at right of Saturn

the Earth's axis of rotation is not tilted toward or away from the Sun

The total exposure time was 14 minutes

Deeply contrasting areas of light and dark blend with a palette of colors mix to form rich swirls and fluid motions that would make even the best artists stand back and admire their work

Moon - Nearside Sun This spectacular image of theFor two weeks in mid December 2010, the LRO spacecraft remained nadir looking (straight down) so that the LROC Wide Angle Camera (WAC) could acquire ~1300 images, allowing the LROC team to construct this spectacular mosaic. As the Moon rotated under LRO's orbit, the ground track progressed from east to west (right to left in this mosaic), and the incidence angle at the equator increased from 69 to 82 (at noontime the incidence angle is 0). NASA's