Simulation of seismic waves in Taurus-Littrow valley (VIDEO)
Caption
A computer simulation depicting the seismic waves emanating from a shallow moonquake occurring on the Lee-Lincoln scarp in the Taurus-Littrow Valley on the Moon and interacting with the Apollo 17 Lunar Module landing site. The audio is the corresponding vertical ground motion from the simulation. Both audio and video are sped up by a factor of 10. The background image is a globe mosaic image from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera Wide Angle Camera (LROC-WAC). Red and blue are positive (upward ground motion) and negative (downward ground motion) polarities of the wave.
Credit
University of Maryland, Nicholas Schmerr.
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License
CC BY-NC-SA