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What's a Blue Moon?

http://skytonight.com/observing/objects/moon/3304131.html?page=1&c=y

From Sky and Telescope magazine. Explains what it is and when the phenomenon happens.

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The Moon Museum

http://moon.uc.edu/ar2des3.htm

A tour made on the 30th anniversary of the first lunar landing.

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The Moon Illusion Explained

http://facstaff.uww.edu/mccreadd/

Why our satellite looks big at the horizon and smaller when higher up.

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Summer Moon Illusion

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/24jun_moonillusion.htm?list661644

An explanation of the illusion that the Moon, low on the horizon, is actually bigger then when seen higher in the sky.

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SMART-1: ESA's Mission to the Moon

http://www.esa.int/smart1

Official mission site includes articles, images, FLASH presentation, PDF brochures, etc.

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Moon Stereogram Demonstration

http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/97/1/500/DC1

Demonstration as to why the Moon appears larger when nearer the horizon than when high in the sky.

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Moon Page

http://www.moonpage.com/

Some facts, quotations, trivia chosen at random.

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Lunar Volcanoes

http://www.mikeoates.org/mas/members/domes/

An Introduction to Lunar Domes by Nigel Longshaw, an illustrated description of these features including characteristics and observation history.

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Keith's Moon Page

http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/

A collection of facts, phases, folklore and photographs.

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Interactive Map of the Moon

http://www.penpal.ru/astro/

The visible and the hidden side. Includes games and basic information about the satellite and the lunar missions.

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Google Moon

http://www.google.com/moon/

A photographic map of the equatorial region with pan and zoom capability, showing locations of the Apollo landings.

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Geologic Lunar Research Group

http://digilander.libero.it/gibbidomine/

Resource for all lunar observers interested in geologic, dome and TLP research. Some content in Italian.

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Earth-Moon Dynamics Page

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/trevor_green

Extracts from five papers studying Earth-Moon dynamics relating to evolution and gravity topics.

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Dyson's Animated Moon

http://www.mariannedyson.com/moon.htm

Interactive moon map (Flash based) with brief information about various features.

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Atlas of the Moon

http://www.mondatlas.de/index_e.html

Interactive Moon atlas (hotspots) with links to 237 close-up images. [Also in German]

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