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	Google Moon - http://www.google.com/moon/ A photographic map of the equatorial region with pan and zoom capability, showing locations of the Apollo landings.
	NSSDC Photo Gallery: Moon - http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-moon.html Select images from various space probes and telescopes.
	SMART-1: ESA's Mission to the Moon - http://www.esa.int/smart1 Official mission site includes articles, images, FLASH presentation, PDF brochures, etc.
	The Moon Illusion Explained - http://facstaff.uww.edu/mccreadd/ Why our satellite looks big at the horizon and smaller when higher up.
	Interactive Map of the Moon - http://www.penpal.ru/astro/ The visible and the hidden side. Includes games and basic information about the satellite and the lunar missions.

	Dyson's Animated Moon - http://www.mariannedyson.com/moon.htm Interactive moon map (Flash based) with brief information about various features.
	Atlas of the Moon - http://www.mondatlas.de/index_e.html Interactive Moon atlas (hotspots) with links to 237 close-up images. [Also in German]
	Moon Page - http://www.moonpage.com/ Some facts, quotations, trivia chosen at random.
	What's a Blue Moon? - http://skytonight.com/observing/objects/moon/3304131.html?page=1&c=y From Sky and Telescope magazine. Explains what it is and when the phenomenon happens.
	Woman in the Moon - http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/personal_pages/george_l/w_in_the_m.html Several features of lunar landscape combined can be seen as a profile of a woman.

	Moon Stereogram Demonstration - http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/97/1/500/DC1 Demonstration as to why the Moon appears larger when nearer the horizon than when high in the sky.
	Summer Moon Illusion - http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/24jun_moonillusion.htm?list661644 An explanation of the illusion that the Moon, low on the horizon, is actually bigger then when seen higher in the sky.
	Earth-Moon Dynamics Page - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/trevor_green Extracts from five papers studying Earth-Moon dynamics relating to evolution and gravity topics.
	Geologic Lunar Research Group - http://digilander.libero.it/gibbidomine/ Resource for all lunar observers interested in geologic, dome and TLP research. Some content in Italian.
	The Origin of the Moon - http://www.es.ucl.ac.uk/research/planetary/undergraduate/bugiolacchi/moonf.htm Scientific research report providing overview of current theories.

	The Moon Museum - http://moon.uc.edu/ar2des3.htm A tour made on the 30th anniversary of the first lunar landing.
	Lunar Volcanoes - http://www.mikeoates.org/mas/members/domes/ An Introduction to Lunar Domes by Nigel Longshaw, an illustrated description of these features including characteristics and observation history.
	Keith's Moon Page - http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/ A collection of facts, phases, folklore and photographs.

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