π in the sky ·

If you like space, you will love this. The 2017 π Day art imagines the digits of π as a star catalogue with constellations of extinct animals and plants. The work is featured in the article Pi in the Sky at the Scientific American SA Visual blog.

The Moon, near side

Expect stunning vistas, infinite line of sight and zero fresh air. Bring a space suit.

The map is based on the 3.6 gigapixel image of the near side of the moon taken by the Lunar Reconnaisance Orbiter Camera. Topological annotations taken from Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). The resolution is 100 meters per pixel.

▲ Icons and typography for lunar topological features.

▲ Explore the entire moon at 100 meter/pixel resolution. Scroll, zoom, and pan with zero chance of decompression.

▲ Explore 919 Lunar craters and find their sattelite features. No detail has been overlooked: Moon Base Alpha and the Tycho Magnetic Anomaly—find them both.

▲ Explore 380 mysterious features. Visit The Lake of Saddness. Sad!

▲ Find the 89 places where we've been and, perhaps, will return to. Camelot and Shorty are waiting for you.

▲ Collage of the six Apollo landing sites.