This is kind of a widefield lunar picture that covers a large area of the Moon visible surface. Crisium, Tranquilitatis & Serenitatis and other maria are shown in this 2 days after full moon integrated shot.

The picture comes from a footage of 250 frames taken with a point and shoot digital camera. Casio Exilim EX-FS10 has several modes to take videos, but there is one in particular that fits perfectly to this kind of jobs. Avoid the 1280x720 HD mode (HD Movie) because it has two cons: it is noisy and it doesn't let high optical magnification. The best video mode is "STD Movie". This picture has been obtained from an STD Movie.

by ComputerPhysicsLab on 2009-08-08 22:41:43 [Original Size] - [Next Image] - [Author's gallery]