A "Maria", which is translated into "sea".
Maria
A "Maria", which is translated into "sea".
The dark areas that form the 'man in the moon' are large flat plains called maria and the brighter parts of the moon are the lunar highlands and the mountain ranges.
Dark plains
A "Maria", which is translated into "sea".
Dark maira of seas
A "Maria", which is translated into "sea".
Maria
A "Maria", which is translated into "sea".
the light areas of the moon are called the highlands. the dark areas are called maria.
Large dark areas on the Moon are called "maria", Latin for "seas", because the ancients who observed the Moon with the naked eye thought that they resembled the seas that they were familiar with.
The dark areas that form the 'man in the moon' are large flat plains called maria and the brighter parts of the moon are the lunar highlands and the mountain ranges.
The dark areas that form the 'man in the moon' are large flat plains called maria and the brighter parts of the moon are the lunar highlands and the mountain ranges.
Dark plains
The large flat areas on the moon are called "Maria" (Latin for "seas", because the early astronomers thought that's what they are). They are huge regions of smooth rock. If very dark, they are so by being in shadows. Smaller dark spots are meteor-impact crater floors in the shadows of the crater wall.
Luna's (Earth's moon's) apparent dark spots are giant "dust puddles." They are areas with large collections of dry sediment. Such things are best avoided, since they can be very deep, and therefor deadly.