Is Our Moon Dead ?
July 26th 2008 01:16
Our Moon does not support life like here on Earth, the Moon has no water well at least not in liquid form. The Moons temperature on the illuminated side that water would boil away. The Moon does have an extremely thin atmosphere not enough to support clouds.
The Moon did have an active past at one time with oceans of hot lava the atmosphere was thicker. The moon has, in fact, passed through the same changes as our own Earth, though not necessarily in the same exact manner.
This false-color composite photo shows that the soil on the lunar feature Ina is relatively young, even though its surface is not marked by many impact craters. Titanium basalts (blue) are exposed on the floor of the Ina structure and in the "fresh" impact crater at left. Patches of less mature dirt (green) also dot Ina's surface.
A new study suggests that the feature might have been formed by relatively recent eruptions of gas from deep inside the moon.
Image courtesy Peter H. Schultz
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Transient Lunar Phenomena or TLPs. numerous sightings of TLPs have documented over the years. TLPs are seen as tiny lights are observed in some lunar craters possibly caused by the Moon venting radon gas from beneath the surface.
Sometimes reported as glowing mists. The earliest known reports of glowing patches or eruptions on the Moon date back to the 6th Century.
One good report comes from some monks at Cambridge, England, who in 1178 saw a really spectacular manifestation.
experiments carried out by the Apollo missions during their visits to the Moon were to install seismometers detectors to measure moonquake. They even crashed discarded rocket casings onto the Moon, and they indeed detected the impacts.
However, they have not detected much else. This may contributed to the widespread belief that the Moon has cooled to the point that it is now solid all the way through, and there is no volcanism of any kind. So something is happening on the Moon to cause these sighting of lights and mists.
Possible Causes
Our Earth causes the Moon to wobble the Earth’s gravity makes the Moon flex which can generate heat, break rock and provide weak points where eruptions of hot gas can occur. Something to consider for future Moon missions, you would not want to land on one of these hotspots. Our Moon still has some “life” left in it.
The Moon did have an active past at one time with oceans of hot lava the atmosphere was thicker. The moon has, in fact, passed through the same changes as our own Earth, though not necessarily in the same exact manner.
A new study suggests that the feature might have been formed by relatively recent eruptions of gas from deep inside the moon.
Image courtesy Peter H. Schultz
Download podcast here!
Transient Lunar Phenomena or TLPs. numerous sightings of TLPs have documented over the years. TLPs are seen as tiny lights are observed in some lunar craters possibly caused by the Moon venting radon gas from beneath the surface.
One good report comes from some monks at Cambridge, England, who in 1178 saw a really spectacular manifestation.
experiments carried out by the Apollo missions during their visits to the Moon were to install seismometers detectors to measure moonquake. They even crashed discarded rocket casings onto the Moon, and they indeed detected the impacts.
However, they have not detected much else. This may contributed to the widespread belief that the Moon has cooled to the point that it is now solid all the way through, and there is no volcanism of any kind. So something is happening on the Moon to cause these sighting of lights and mists.
Possible Causes
Our Earth causes the Moon to wobble the Earth’s gravity makes the Moon flex which can generate heat, break rock and provide weak points where eruptions of hot gas can occur. Something to consider for future Moon missions, you would not want to land on one of these hotspots. Our Moon still has some “life” left in it.
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Can I recommend a slighty left of field take on the Moon?
try Who Built The moon : by Christopher Knight and Alan Butler. ISBN 1-84293-158-X
It would explain these lights in a completely different light altogether ... certainly offers food for thought to the thoughtful and open minded.
Lilla ...
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Hi Lilla,
I have not read the book Who Built The moon although I have read section mention in other research I have conducted,
They pose some interesting theories and they have the math to bring on a good topical debate.
Whether the moon was artificially constructed can't be substantiated nor can it be ruled out.
Is the moon hollow? Well not entirely it does have a very small core in the center.
In Carl Sagan's treatise, Intelligent Life in the Universe, the famous astronomer stated, "A natural satellite cannot be a hollow object." And I tend to agree with his statement.
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