Iridescent Moon
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Science
Features of lunar dust and the phenomenon of the iridescent moon
(ORDO NEWS) — In Arthur Clarke’s novel Moondust, the tourist cruiser Selena sank with all her passengers in a sea of moondust. In 1961, when the novel was published, there was a real concern that the moon was covered with a thick layer of dust, making landing on it impossible. Fortunately, these fears turned out to be unfounded, since the earth’s satellite is covered with a thin layer of fine…