Some of you may have never considered this: the Moon looks different if seen from the Northern and the Southern Hemisphere.

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Indeed, and the side that is in shadow will be the opposite in terms of right and left as the view is upside down in the other hemisphere.

What I've always been curious about is, why are all of the biggest craters on the side of the moon that always faces Earth? Wouldn't Earth's gravitational force have pulled those huge objects into itself instead of into its (relatively) puny satellite? 🤔

Not if you're using a Newtonian to observe.

🤔 it’s the same picture…