This is the Astronomical Picture of the Day, APOD, for Nobember 18, 2011. APOD is originated, written, coordinated, and edited since 1995 by Robert Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell. The APOD archive contains the largest collection of annotated astronomical images on the internet.
This image is a colorful topographic map of the the lunar farside, the side not seen from planet Earth.
