Small comparison between an analog image of the Lunar crater Plato from the 90s, and a recent rendering of the same area. The difference is quite ... fiercely.

It is not really dark at all. On the contrary, due to countless craters and the lack of mare it is even brighter than the side faced to Earth. Two rerendered videos - one in 2D and the other in 3D - should confirm this.

Several rockets have been launched, several probes have landed on the moon, a few eclipses have taken place, and much more.

On Saturday March 29, 2025, a partial solar eclipse will take place after 11 a.m. Something similar happened in 2011, which I photographed from Cologne.

In the night of May 10th to 11th, 2024, a solar storm produced auroras so violent that they could be seen as far south as Germany and even further south.

From two flights of the tireless Mars helicopter Ingenuity I downloaded the raw data from the cameras and created videos from them. One flight was over the backshell of the rover, the other an altitude test.

Two more videos of the Moon are ready. Both show the crater Copernicus in different magnifications.

In the last few days I've been playing around with Povray again, realistic pictures and videos of the moon have come out. Global views, enlargements around Plato crater, and of course stereo versions.