Moon Zoom !

Ok heres a question for you..

How come towards the poles(not sure if right word) it appears that it sustained many more impacts.. rather than say the equator where it seems to have suffered much less? Any particular reason for this?
 
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where the arrow is pointing :p

google moon for comparison:
http://www.google.com/moon/#lat=1.565356&lon=22.038574&zoom=6&apollo=

Ok heres a question for you..

How come towards the poles(not sure if right word) it appears that it sustained many more impacts.. rather than say the equator where it seems to have suffered much less? Any particular reason for this?

I believe this is because the moon is always facing us. because of this, the middle section that we see is far less likely to be hit by meteors that the polls or the other side.
 
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The resolution is still not quite there to be able to see small detail. Think it is still around 1m/pixel.

It is nowhere near 1m per pixel. The info on the right hand side of the screen says it's 145m per pixel. The lunar landing site will be completely invisible at such a coarse resolution. You'd need around 50cm per pixel to be able to see and identify the landing site.
 
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