The Dark Side of the Moon

Three Craters on the edge of the Moon in a place called Luna INCOGNITA

ESA/SMART-1/AMIE camera team/Space Exploration Institute

I guess everyone would prefer to see the Rainbow side of the Moon or a glance of the bright side of the small asteroid. Nevertheless ESA got what it can be called a perfect shot of the Dark Side of the Moon where no human telescopic eye can normally reach.

ESA launched a SMART-1 mission which brought us images of Plaskett, Rozhdestvenskiy and Hermitethe, the 3 big craters which stand always hide on the darker side, each one with a surprising size of more than 100 Km wide.

The LUNA INCOGNITA or the undercover side of the Moon can be yearly seen, for a few days, due the Earth's rotation process but never as it was now caught, really closer to our sights.

Who knows if it isn't the right place to simulate a human mission to Mars, without the fear of the distance and the danger of not being able to get back if something doesn't come out according with the plans. Credits: ESA