Set to Claude Debussy's Clair de Lune, this visualization uses Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data to show the stark beauty of evolving light and shadow near sunrise and sunset on the rugged lunar surface. Music performed by Timothy Michael Hammond, distributed by Killer Tracks.This video is also on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel at both 720p (HD) and 2160p (UHD or 4K). || moonlight_prores.00210_print.jpg (1024x576) [25.1 KB] || moonlight_prores.00210_searchweb.png (320x180) [9.8 KB] || moo...| NASA Scientific Visualization Studio
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