The Moon Loves You

By Nancy Atkinson - February 14, 2011 at 6:02 AM UTC | Planetary Science
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Happy Valentines Day from everyone here at Universe Today, and the Moon, too. In 3-D, no less.

Thanks to

Nathanial Burton-Bradford

for sending us this image. He found it while searching through the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera's data set.

Check out Nathanial's Flickr page for larger versions

of this one, and more. See the image below in its proper orientation for viewing in 3-D:

[caption id="attachment_83291" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="A heart-shaped crater in the Galilae region on the Moon. Credit: ASA/GSFC/Arizona State University; 3-D by Nathanial Burton-Bradford."]

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Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson is a space journalist and author with a passion for telling the stories of people involved in space exploration and astronomy. She is currently retired from daily writing, but worked at Universe Today for 20 years as a writer and editor. She also contributed articles to The Planetary Society, Ad Astra (National Space Society), New Scientist and many other online outlets.

Her 2019 book, "Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions,” shares the untold stories of engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make the Apollo program so successful, despite the daunting odds against it. Her first book “Incredible Stories From Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos” (2016) tells the stories of 37 scientists and engineers that work on several current NASA robotic missions to explore the solar system and beyond.

Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, and through this program, she has the opportunity to share her passion of space and astronomy with children and adults through presentations and programs. Nancy's personal website is nancyatkinson.com