Maps of places you'll never go

I just today discovered that the MICRODEM software I use often is capable of loading IMG files of elevation data of the Moon, taken by the Clementine in the 90's.

I'm still looking for interesting lunar features to map out, but here's a sneak preview.


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I have no idea where it is, but i'n'it gorgeous?

Ever wonder what an Earth mountain would look like compared on the same kind of map to a lunar mountain of similar height? (Yes, I'm sure you have.)


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On the right, weighing in at 1900m, we have Mount Washington, New Hampshire, United States. The highest peak in the northeastern United States. In it's shadow, Bretton Woods, where the fundamentals of the modern international financial system were laid.

On the left, weighing in at, 4600m, yes you heard me, 4600 metres above lunar "sea level" (ooh, something I'm going to have to look up on The Google now), Mons Hadley. In its shadow... the base from which the future interplanetary financial system will be laid? Nah, probably not. I'm sure it'll be thought up somewhere in an international organisation. By a committee!

Or perhaps just by a lonely astronaut.


(♫ There's gonna be one less lonely astronaut ♫)