Earth, Moon, and Impact

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Earth, Moon, and Impact
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The Single Most Valuable Product of the Space
Program
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Crescent Earth
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Himalayas from Space Shuttle
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Space Shuttle and Aleutians
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Fringing Reefs
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Icebergs, Antarctica
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You Cant See Borders From Space
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Mexican Border
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Mexican Border
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Menominee County, WI
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Landsat View of Green Bay
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Landsat View of Green Bay
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Landsat view of Washington D.C.
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Radar Image of New York City
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Spy Satellite Views of Soviet Aircraft Carrier
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Spy Satellite View of Soviet Airfield
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World Trade Center, September 11, 2001
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And Now For Something Completely Different.
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Aurora From Space
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Gulf Stream in Infrared
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Ultraviolet View of Earth
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The Ocean Floor From Space
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Earth and Moon Together
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An Eclipse of the Sun By Earth
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Impacts on Earth
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Recent Impact Meteor Crater
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Manicouagan, Quebec
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Sudbury, An Ancient Impact Site
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A Shatter Cone
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Fallback Breccia
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Bessel A Simple Crater
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Ejecta around Timocharis
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Tycho A Central-Peak Crater
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How Central Peaks Form
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Upheaval Dome, Utah
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Schrodinger A Peak-Ring Crater
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Mare Orientale A Multiple-Ring Impact Basin
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Craters and Planetary History

• Superposition
• Crater Saturation
• Crater Degradation

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Superposition
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Crater Saturation
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Crater Degradation
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Mega-Impacts As Usual, Gary Larson Gets There
First
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Computer Simulations by H.J. Melosh (University
of Arizona)
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Lunar Rilles
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How Lunar Rilles May Form
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A Lunar Landscape?
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Real Lunar Mountains
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How We Got It Wrong