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Sam Wormley <swormley1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
Ng8hg.19521$1i1.13869@attbi_s72:">news:Ng8hg.19521$1i1.13869@attbi_s72:
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> An old Apollo experiment is telling researchers
> something new and surprising about the moon.
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> http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/07dec_moonstorms.htm?list89
> 139
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> December 7, 2005: Every lunar morning, when the sun first peeks over
> the dusty soil of the moon after two weeks of frigid lunar night, a
> strange storm stirs the surface.
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> The next time you see the moon, trace your finger along the
> terminator, the dividing line between lunar night and day. That's
> where the storm is. It's a long and skinny dust storm, stretching all
> the way from the north pole to the south pole, swirling across the
> surface, following the terminator as sunrise ceaselessly sweeps around
> the moon.
>
> See:
> http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/07dec_moonstorms.htm?list89139
So I wonder if those footprints have filled in and disappeared yet...
-- Bob
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