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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.
The Origin of the Moon
http://www.es.ucl.ac.uk/research/planetary/undergraduate/bugiolacchi/moonf.htm
Scientific research report providing overview of current theories.
The Moon Museum
http://moon.uc.edu/ar2des3.htm
A tour made on the 30th anniversary of the first lunar landing.
The Moon Illusion Explained
http://facstaff.uww.edu/mccreadd/
Why our satellite looks big at the horizon and smaller when higher up.
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.
SMART-1: ESA's Mission to the Moon
Official mission site includes articles, images, FLASH presentation, PDF brochures, etc.
NSSDC Photo Gallery: Moon
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-moon.html
Select images from various space probes and telescopes.
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.
Moon Page
Some facts, quotations, trivia chosen at random.
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.
Keith's Moon Page
http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/
A collection of facts, phases, folklore and photographs.
Interactive Map of the Moon
The visible and the hidden side. Includes games and basic information about the satellite and the lunar missions.
Google Moon
A photographic map of the equatorial region with pan and zoom capability, showing locations of the Apollo landings.
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.
Earth-Moon Dynamics Page
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/trevor_green
Extracts from five papers studying Earth-Moon dynamics relating to evolution and gravity topics.
Dyson's Animated Moon
http://www.mariannedyson.com/moon.htm
Interactive moon map (Flash based) with brief information about various features.
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]