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   The Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) highlights the diverse processes   
   and phenomena which shape our planet and our lives. EPOD will collect and   
   archive photos, imagery, graphics, and artwork with short explanatory   
   captions and links exemplifying features within the Earth system. The   
   community is invited to contribute digital imagery, short captions and   
   relevant links.   
      
      
    Lunar Pareidolia: Profile of Woman’s Face   
      
      August 22, 2022   
      
       Screenshot_20220512_074746   
      Photographer:  Emanuele Nifosi   
      
      Summary Author:  Emanuele Nifosi   
      
       Emanuele_Screenshot_20220512_074746 (002) Around the eighteenth   
      century, the astronomer  Gian Domenico Cassini first noticed light   
      reflecting off the Moon's landscape along the edge of Golfo delle Iridi   
      resembled the profile of a woman with long hair. This lunar feature   
      specifically appeared in close relation to the  Promontorium   
      Heraclides and coincided with the Moon's 10th and 11th day of its   
       synodic orbit. Later,  Giovanni Cassini also engraved a female   
      figure in a lunar map he published in 1679, according to some scholars   
      identifiable with his wife Genevieve Laistre.   
      
      Shown above, surrounded by a pronounced radial pattern, the Copernicus   
      crater is visible resembling a human profile. As a note, the photo of   
      the Moon is upside down as viewed through the reflector telescope - as   
      it would also have been seen by Gian Domenico Cassini.  Click here   
      to see a video of the Moon changing illumination angles.   
      
      Photo Details: Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope 6 inch diameter telescope,   
      Hyperion Morpheus 9mm, mounted smartphone, ISO 1.250, f/1.9 exp 1/130   
        * Scicli, Italy Coordinates: 36.7932, 14.7070   
      
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        *  Heavens Above Home Page   
        *  The International Meteor Organization   
        *  Lunar and Planetary Institute   
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        *  NASA Eclipse Web Page   
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