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Lunar Terminator Visualization Tool Digital Elevation Model Maps

Using the Lunar Terminator Visualization Tool (LTVT) to display the lunar topography under sunlight at low and unusual azimuth angles, brings out topographic relief that would otherwise remain hidden under natural lunar lighting conditions. The maps and images below are some examples of how we can see the Moon in a new light.

Mare Imbrium_0.5deg_-90AZ_MCollins.jpg
SPA-radial_lighting_MCollins.jpg
Farside_map_10deg_270AZ_North-up_MCollin
Orientale_nearside_geology_MCollins.jpg

Mare Orientale combining a geologic map of the Moon with LTVT topographic data from Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA). NASA featured this image on one of its websites https://sservi.nasa.gov/articles/the-unfamiliar-farside-of-the-moon/

Lunar_Nearside_relief_map_without-cast-s
Topo-Geology_map_sun_East_1deg-elev_MCol
Imbrium-basin_LOLA+Kaguya_LALT_map_MColl
Radar_Multi-dataset_Map_Nearside-Moon_MC
Lunar_Helium-3_topographic_Map.jpg
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