The dark areas on the moon are called maria The word maria is Latin for seas. Early astronomers thought the dark areas looked like seas or oceans. Actually, there are no water of any kind on the moon. Meteoroids hit the moon and made dents called

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The dark areas on the moon are called maria The
word maria is Latin for seas. Early astronomers
thought the dark areas looked like seas or
oceans. Actually, there are no water of any kind
on the moon. Meteoroids hit the moon and made
dents called craters. Then, volcanoes blew up
and filled the dents with hot lava. The lava
froze and became rock. The pink maria below is
called the Sea of Tranquillity. This is where
our astronauts first landed-and walked on the
moon!
Is there maria on the moon?
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Sea of Tranquillity
http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tothemoon/ap11.html
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Walking On the Moon!
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Look at Me!
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This is fun!
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