The moon's fault line:
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Green, bold and underline emphasis below are mine.
| A quick note from me, Osama Abdallah: Allah Almighty Said: "The hour of judgement approacheth; and the moon hath been split in sunder (inshaqqa). (The Noble Quran, 54:1)" "inshaqqa" was translated into "split in sunder". The Arabic word "inhaqqa" can also literally mean "cracked" or "split open". As the scientific quote below says: "It's actually a fault line formed from a moonquake in the ancient past." Truly the moon did get "cracked"! Allah Praise are due to Allah Almighty alone! |
| The S-shaped moon orbit! This is not the only time Allah Almighty used a notion for astronomy. In another Noble Verse, He described the shape of the moon's entire orbit around the earth as a shape of an old and dried-out date tree's branch, also scientifically known and confirmed today as S-shaped. The shape of the old and dried-out branch of a date tree does resemble the letter "S". I provided images in the article that prove this. |
7
This moon is seven days old. It's a first quarter moon. This photo was shot through an
8" f/6 Newtonian reflecting telescope. The photo was taken at 9:51 pm EDT on June
17th, 2002, one hour and 21 minutes past the exact moment of first quarter. Look for the Apennine Mountain Range west of the Sea of
Serenity. The Apollo 15 astronauts landed
near the foot of these nearly 20,000 foot tall mountains. The Apennine Mountains are one
of the largest mountain ranges on the Moon. Moon's age: 7 days 2 hours 2 minutes.
8
This moon is eight days old. It's a now waxing gibbous. This photo was shot through the
8" reflector. The photo was taken at 10:23 pm EDT on June 18th, 2002. An interesting
feature this night is The Straight Wall.
It appears as a thin dark line. It's about 70 miles long. It's
actually a fault line formed from a moonquake in the ancient past.
The Apennine Mountains are in full sunlight now. Above the Apennines, look for the Lunar
Alps and the Alpine Valley. Moon's
age: 8 days 2 hours 35 minutes.
9
This moon is nine days old. Another waxing gibbous moon. This photo was from the 8"
f/6 scope. The photo was taken at 10:44 pm EDT on June 19th, 2002. A stunning feature
tonight is the crater Copernicus. Copernicus
is 60 miles in diameter and 12,600 feet deep. Copernicus is a relatively young crater. It
stands out so well because it's surrounded by a smooth dark plain. Above and to the left
of Copernicus, the Carpathian Mountains are coming into view. Some of the peaks in this
range are 6600 feet high. South of Copernicus is the faint crater Fra Mauro. Apollo 14 landed just north of this crater on January 31st,
1971. Moon's age: 9 days 2 hours 56 minutes.
10
This moon is ten days old. The photo was taken at 10:30 pm EDT on June 20th, 2002 with the
8" telescope. Sinus Iridum also called the Bay of Rainbows, is visible near the north part of the terminator. The
Jura Mountains ring the western edge of the Bay of Rainbows. The 6600 foot tall Straight
Range is to the bay's northeast. Northwest of the crater Tycho is the Marsh of Diseases! Of course, the
marshes, bays and seas on the moon don't contain any water. They are filled with lava that
flowed across the moon and filled the lower areas of the moon billions of years ago. Now
they are just dry smooth plains. Moon's age: 10 days 2 hours 42 minutes.
11
The eleven day moon. Oceanus Procellarum or the Ocean of Storms is now in view on the
western side of the disk. The rays are becoming more noticeable. Rays are the spoke like lines radiating from several of the prominent
craters. The rays are formed by the debris blasted out of the crater when it was formed by
the impact of a meteorite. Tycho has the best ray system of any lunar crater. This photo
was taken on June 21st 2002 at 11:35 pm EDT with the 8" scope. Moon's age: 11 days 3
hours 47 minutes.
12
This moon is twelve days old. The date of this shot is June 23, 2002 12:47 am EDT. The
terminator is still just barely visible along the western limb of the moon. The moon is
not quite full. Full moon will take place 29 hours after this moment. The crater Billy is interesting. It's smooth floor is one
of the darkest stained spots on the moon. The crater Wargentin has the nickname "The Thin Cheese" due to its
appearance to a thin block of cheese. Wargentin is a crater that has filled up with lava.
The floor of this crater is 1400 feet above the surrounding area. Moon's age: 12 days 4
hours 59 minutes.
13
This is almost a full moon. The photo was taken 16 hours and 19 minutes before the exact
moment of full. The photo was shot at 1:25 AM, EDT on June 24th 2002. With a good
imagination, you might be able to see the "Rabbit
in the Moon", or maybe the "Man
in the Moon". Some people can see the "Lady in the Moon". For centuries, people have looked
at the light and dark areas of the moon and imagined all sorts of things in the moon. What
do you see?
Near the west limb of the moon are two very small craters, 10 and 8 miles in diameters.
These little dots are the craters Galileo and
Galileo A, two of the smallest named craters on the moon. These were named for Galileo
Galilei, the Italian astronomer & physicist who lived from 1564 to 1642. Galileo was
the first astronomer to aim a telescope at the moon and the first to see any of its
craters and mountains. Moon's age: 13 days 5 hours 37 minutes.
Lunar Eclipse
This is a full moon. The photo was taken during one of the rare times that the full moon
passes through the Earth's shadow. Sunlight that refracts or bends through the Earth's
atmosphere gives an eclipsed moon a reddish look. Usually the full moon passes above or
below shadow because the moon's orbit is tilted five degrees from the Earth's orbit around
the Sun. It took the moon 23 minutes to pass through the umbra on this eclipse. The umbra
is the inner, darker part of the Earth's shadow. The photo was shot at 8:30 PM, EST on
November 8th 2003. Moon's age: 14 days 12 hours 38 minutes.
Photos by:
John French
Planetarium Production Coordinator
Abrams Planetarium
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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| The S-shaped moon orbit! This is not the only time Allah Almighty used a notion for astronomy. In another Noble Verse, He described the shape of the moon's entire orbit around the earth as a shape of an old and dried-out date tree's branch, also scientifically known and confirmed today as S-shaped. The shape of the old and dried-out branch of a date tree does resemble the letter "S". I provided images in the article that prove this. |