Take A Moon Trip At Home

Now here is a new twist to your moonlighting, if you like it.

Watch these new pairs of lunar maps  released by The United States Geological Survey (USGS), which offer users the ability to investigate the moon from their homes, according to CBS News.

These maps had been created with images and information from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). Reportedly, it has been on a high-resolution image clicking spree since 2009, with its wide angle camera, according to Engadget.

"These maps were designed to help both the public and scientists understand the overall appearance and topography of the moon," said USGS officials. "Viewers can locate features of interest, including Apollo landing sites and specific impact craters. Amateur astronomers can use the maps to directly compare what they see through their telescopes to features on the map."

These images strengthen our georgraphical knowledge off the moon, and even its history, along with giving astronomers an accurate way to verify their observations, according to WHNT.

"High-resolution images have revealed very young lunar volcanoes 10 to 100 million years old, contrary to conventional wisdom, which suggests that lunar volcanism ceased between one and two billion years ago," said Mark Robinson, the LRO Camera principal investigator.

The maps are thus a large amendment over the earlier Lunar chart of 1979, and give the moon's surface through a series of high-definition images.