A New Moon Rises at South Florida Museum
Coconut Telegraph
SRQ DAILY
SATURDAY DEC 15, 2018 |
December 21 will mark the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 8; the mission that took man to the moon's orbit for the first time in human history. On that historic day in 1968, U.S. astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders became the first humans to see the far side of the moon with their very own eyes. To celebrate this momentous occasion, South Florida Museum has brought in the special exhibition A New Moon Rises, which features the dramatic landscapes captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) between 2009 and 2015.
Along with these stunning images of the dynamic lunar surface, South Florida Museum also has a new addition to the exhibition: a lunar meteorite on loan from Colorado expert Dustin Dickens, owner of Top Meteorite. This lunaite -- that is, lunar meteorite -- was blasted into space after an impact on the moon's surface. Eventually it fell to Earth and landed in the Sahara Desert.
Visit now to see this out-of-this-world exhibition! A New Moon Rises will be on display through January 13. Visiting the exhibition is included in the cost of general admission.
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