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Our view of the moon over the entire year, a NASA visualization

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Folks at the NASA GSFC Scientific Visualization Studio created this amazing animation showing our view of the Moon over the entire year of 2012 with time resolution of *one hour*! The tipping, tilting, and rocking are due to the Moon’s elliptical orbit coupled with its tilt.

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Related videos: more phases and more of the moon.

via io9.

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