Saturday, November 23, 2013

Moon - Maria


Let's keep learning about the Moon.

Last time we learned that the bright markings are called lunar highlands.

The dark markings are called the lunar maria.

The maria are darker because the ground there is made up of cooled lava from a long time ago.

moon
(from: wikipedia - geology of the moon)


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