What are Some Major Landmarks on the Moon?
Some aspects of the Moon could be considered pretty boring and inhospitable: lack of atmosphere, no water or any surface volatiles whatsoever, a lifeless vacuum. On the plus side, it has some really interesting qualities: amazing views of Earth, including Earthrise and Earthset; 1/6th Earth gravity, which a trained athlete could use to perform 40 ft (12 m) high jumps, or a normal person could use to lift a small boulder; zero erosion, which means you could write your name in the ground and it would persist for millions of years unless removed by another astronaut (or future lunar colonist). For the Moon to be colonized in the long term (which does seem likely) would require large bubbles of breathable air and contained ecosystems, but the majority of the Moon’s surface is likely to remain distinctly lunar for a long time to come. What is there to see? The geology of the Moon is broken into two main parts: the lunar highlands, which are light in appearance and very old, and the lunar ma
