The Sea Of Cold

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Behold: the (figuratively) frosty expanse of Mare Frigoris in the far north of the Moon. To wit:

Also known as the Sea of Cold, it stretches across the familiar lunar nearside in this close up of the waxing gibbous Moon’s north polar region. Dark-floored, 95 kilometre wide crater Plato is just left of the centre. Sunlit peaks of the lunar Alps (Montes Alpes) are highlighted below and right of Plato, between the more southern Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) and Mare Frigoris. The prominent straight feature cutting through the mountains is the lunar Alpine Valley (Vallis Alpes). Joining the Mare Imbrium and Mare Frigoris, the lunar valley is about 160 kilometres long and up to 10 kilometres wide.

Yes, it does look a bit like Mike Pence’s head with a fly on it.

(Image: Matt Smith)

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