Comments on: … I'm just on my way up to Clavius

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:47:10 +0000

Spiffing shot, BTW.

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:44:17 +0000

MTU (29) said:

The second Lunar monolith was TMA-1 – Tycho Magnetic Anomaly-1 – but the human lunar base was at Clavius crater.

The second Lunar monolith?

The second Lunar monolith?

I thought TMA-1 was the first (and only) found on the moon, but the second monolith we see in the film. Is it, or not really?

By: Allison Newman

Allison Newman — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:03:53 +0000

@Chris A.
“from Tycho, which is to the lower right of this image”

Actually, I’m pretty sure that Tycho is off to the bottom *left* of this image… Compare the image above with this one for example:
http://askville.amazon.com/flag-Man-in-the-Moon%27s-face/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=15251541

In particular, note the two big craters on the edge of Clavius, as well as the two smaller craters inside Clavius. Now note those same craters in the image that I linked to above. Tycho is inline with the two craters on the edge…

By: Chris A.

Chris A. — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:15:49 +0000

@stargene (#21):

“Does anyone else see an odd pattern of broken ridges &/or shallow
troughs…running more or less from upper left to lower right?”

I think you’re seeing the effects of the “splat” from Tycho, which is to the lower right of this image, combined with the fact that sunlight is, indeed, coming from that direction, tending to elongate shadows in a “lower right to upper left” direction.

By: Stan9fromouterspace

Stan9fromouterspace — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:58:25 +0000

Tom Hanks, who some years ago was quoted as saying, “I’ve seen 2001 thirteen times… projected!” has described and codified the “Heywood Floyd Moment,” that uncomfortable, squirming-in-your-chair feeling when the conversation goes to places that you know you shouldn’t – “Well, I’m actually not at liberty to discuss this…”

By: REN

REN — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 17:16:58 +0000

This one was easy, from the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey.” I’ve read and reread almost everything that Arthur C. Clarke ever wrote, but I’m guessing these words come from Stanley Kubrick for the screenplay. Not Arthur’s style and it’s not in the book.

By: T Ray

T Ray — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 23:29:10 +0000

I totally had to look it up. I thought it was a song reference. *BEH!* No gold star for me. I’ll console myself with the serious Sirius rainbow twinkle when the clouds clear. Link to 2001 script (minus proto-speech): http://sundry.wikispaces.com/transcript-2001

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 22:36:03 +0000

[One gold star to anyone who can identify the title of this post without looking it up.]

That’d be a ‘Space Odyssey 2001′ movie line surely?

The second Lunar monolith was TMA-1 – Tycho Magnetic Anomaly-1 – but the human lunar base was at Clavius crater.

By: Daniel J. Andrews

Daniel J. Andrews — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:43:39 +0000

Any sufficiently amazing picture will draw comments of “faked” complete with “evidence” to demonstrate said fakeness. (I’m sure there must be a name for this behaviour…some sort of variant of Poe’s law).

By: James Evans

James Evans — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:30:04 +0000

Does anyone else see an odd pattern of broken ridges &/or shallow
troughs in this beautiful Clavius shot, running more or less from upper
left to lower right?…If this were real, what would have created it?

I’m sorry, stargene, but I’m really not at liberty to discuss this.