NASA Spotted Domes on the Moon that Shouldn't Be There | LRO 4K Episode 5

The Mystery of the Gruithuisen Domes on the Moon.
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[@someonerandom704]

The way you put it makes this extremely trippy. The moon is tidally locked and visible from almost all parts of our surface, so all the landscape features he's talking about are actually things we can look at if we really want to.

[@melle9155]

Especially fond of this as a dutchman, so tired of this infinite flatness

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@@someonerandom704 I’m going to guess he was talking about mount saint helens

[@someonerandom704]

@@racket753 yeah you're actually right lol, I completely misinterpreted that

[@bhaggen]

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[@beautifullife9055]

Thank you, so interesting information about our lovely moon.

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Was NASA able to locate and take pictures of the lunar craft they left behind in order to definitively prove that they achieved this technological feat?

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Was NASA able to locate and take pictures of the lunar craft they left behind in order to definitively prove that they achieved this technological feat?

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It is really strange that NO of the high resolution images are in the open for us to see? Only the Scraps from Apollo, airbrushed and hazy. I wish NASA had higher thoughts about us. Cheers from Sweden :)

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Hint..read George Leonard's book (find pdf on the internet) about what is really happening there and why we have not been back.

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[@belkacemnaili7584]

Was NASA able to locate and take pictures of the lunar craft they left behind in order to definitively prove that they achieved this technological feat?

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What is the "commercial rover" doing. What benefit does the company gain from sending it? I'm suspicious. Companies rarely seek knowledge just for its own sake.

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[@shroomtastic4875]

Idk anything about that kind of stuff, can you or someone explain? Just curious about it after seeing your comment

[@10171947]

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[@belkacemnaili7584]

Was NASA able to locate and take pictures of the lunar craft they left behind in order to definitively prove that they achieved this technological feat?

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[@KORGULL-ISOLATES]

What aboot "dome domes!!!". The ones that seem man-made!!!! Those are the DOMES that really interest ME ‼️

[@catalyst6313]

There is only one substance that can create those domes. CHEESE!!!!

[@SeraphX2]

How do you know it's unnatural for moons to be attached to planets our size? Can we really be sure we even know? we can barely figure out how many "exo"planets any given system has right now, let alone what is orbiting them as well.

[@davidlundquist1979]

I imagine that's an assumption based on the fact that Mercury and Venus have no moons, while Mars just has two tiny captured asteroids. But you're right; we have no way of knowing if our solar system is typical.

[@uteriel282]

its the fact that the only planets we know of that have moons the size of ours are gas giants and earth. its also a fact that the moon is too large for earths gravity to contain it in a stable orbit. which is why the moon is currently receading further from earth while taking rotational energy from our planet increasing earth rotational period. and in the future if earth still exists at that point the moon will reverse course and crash into our planet.

[@SeraphX2]

@@uteriel282 right but that means nothing since in a sample size of 8/9 planets and a handful of moons in relation to trillions, that isn't enough to determine how the rest of the universe works. and since moons in other solar systems are currently almost impossible to find right now, we have no basis to say what is and isn't reality.

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[@lunafoxfire]

god listening to you have to advertise that art shareholder thing was painful. my condolences, lol. but that's beside the point -- thanks for making such amazing videos about our solar system!

[@Calaban619]

Why I love this channel: not one even supposition of an alien moon base. How refreshing!

[@gizzoid93]

Can't handle the truth?

[@MattTheTekie]

it's not true

[@stufranklin747]

too bad they are actually there though.

[@xCoffeeNWeedx]

its cool to imagine though haha

[@metaforest]

If Luna was cleaved off Earth during an extreme collision event, then I would expect a lot of LavaLamp like convolutions of material as it aggregated, and Earth re-aggregated. The Moon could have easily had 100's of millions of years of volcanism of many different (and exotic) types as the materials gradually cooled during aggregation.

[@Akrilloth]

How rude, calling the moon Luna without referring to the earth as Terra

[@metaforest]

@@Akrilloth didn't even bother to address my argument. Such cowardice.

[@Akrilloth]

@@metaforest 😂True But no, the Theia Impact event theory is often credited as one of the probable reasons earth got its water, and by those parameters, the said mix would probably have effected the hot mess that the early moon was a lot, as it would indeed probably have taken a looong time for everything to settle, as both early earth and early moon were so disturbed to begin with, and their then very close proximity would probably encourage even more volcanism.

[@psycotria]

What many visualizations of Thea/Proto-Earth don't show is the fact that an atmosphere of vaporized rock existed around Earth for some time after the collision. There was no surface for some time.

[@pauljewel6988]

When Theo and pre-Earth collided massive chunks of solid material, like cholate chips in cookie dough stayed on the surface

[@gisterme2981]

Excellent presentation! Thank you. Maybe there's a third possibility. Those "domes" DO look like islands, so maybe they are. The domes could be the tops of mountains that existed prior to the surface-leveling lava flood that filled up the lower areas around them. If that were the case, those domes could be windows to to what materials and structure may lie beneath that "sea".

[@Dragrath1]

To be fair many volcanic islands particularly in the Caribbean the Aleutians or the Indo-pacific are quite literally lava domes which have breached the surface becoming islands so this can go either way. Also for them to be existing islands aka mountains on the Moon prior to the ocean of storms you would still need some mechanism of mountain building the most likely one being impact crater peak rings so even then the material would be quite different from the surrounding underlying topography.

[@davidelliott5843]

Hot basalt on the moon will remain fluid far longer than on earth - there's little conductive cooling effect and we can see how it flooded into a smooth "sea" of dark rock. It could have settled around older peaks. Alternatively, less dense rocks might have literally floated to the surface. Is the "sea" deep enough for that?

[@belkacemnaili7584]

Was NASA able to locate and take pictures of the lunar craft they left behind in order to definitively prove that they achieved this technological feat?

[@gisterme2981]

@@belkacemnaili7584 Yes!

[@belkacemnaili7584]

@@gisterme2981 Please send me thoses pictures so I can enjoy to look after.

[@hansolowe19]

As a Dutch person, it gives me pleasure to know that they're called Gruithuizen domes, because nobody will be able to pronounce it 😏😈

[@alexb6821]

Greethwheezen?

[@skybluespace22]

Grut... Grit.. Grith... Ok, you're right. Though I can say concertegebow. Ok you're right can't even say that.

[@Julia-uh4li]

@@alexb6821 Not that I know for certain but it looks right to me 😉

[@hansolowe19]

@@skybluespace22 the ui sound is not common, English doesn't have it. However, some crazy heavy English accents do have a similar sound ☝️ Can't think of an example right now.. sorry 😓 Maybe the way shrek says "out" in "get out!" 🤔

[@skybluespace22]

Thanks, that helps out my ego a tad.

[@honodle7219]

The moon is the brightest object in the sky, so you say. Then you compare it to wet soil. The moon reflects 12% of the light it receives from the sun and reflected from Earth. Saying the albedo is .12, whilst true, makes the albedo seem vanishingly close to nothing to laymen who don't understand. Your video implied as much. You, sir, are misleading your viewers. As to the 'domes': they are a thing called 'hills'. WTH is so mysterious about a hill? Yes, the lunar highlands are different in composition from the basaltic plains. You are stating as though it's a matter of proven fact that the two domes are volcanic in origin. This is not known to be true. You even state in your video they are unexplored and thus negate your 'facts' as pure speculation.

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[@nnightuk]

Domes on the moon and you don’t know what they are ,,come on everybody knows , it’s the Clangers and the tin chicken digging the soup mines out .. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@garrenwee5058]

I read the title as “drones that shouldn’t be on the moon”, and expected this video to be about an intense but quiet game between countries to which who can send the more powerful drones to the moon to eradicate other drones, and that on the dark side of the moon, unbeknownst to all of us, a war of space and steel was being fought this entire time.

[@thirddiversiondeep]

Moons far side- not dark side. The moons far side gets just as much light from the sun as the near side does

[@garrenwee5058]

@@thirddiversiondeep ahh i see

[@chippysteve4524]

Shhhhh - we're not supposed to talk about that ;-) The next lunar landers will be dropping off hundreds of small Li-Ion battery packs to shift the balance of power in the Attack of the drones!

[@AdiJager]

Well, "battlezone" have come from somewhere 😉

[@pauljewel6988]

We must not allow a "moon drone gap"

[@r_thekingslayerx4352]

One of the best channels on YT about space, Always an amazing content.

[@DeconvertedMan]

there isn't a "shouldn't" - I feel like the labeling of the video is clickbateish. Other then that, the video is fine. Pictures are amazing.

[@cacogenicist]

Rhyolite (or rhyodacite, etc) domes aren't always subduction related on Earth. They can be produced by mantle plume hotspots under continental lithosphere -- with the silicic magmas being generated, I assume, by some combination of fractional crystalization and crustal contamination. And obviously hotspot-associated (no subduction required) rhyolite magma chambers _can_ be huge -- as in > 1,000 km3 ... see VEI-8 eruptions at the Yellowstone Hotspot.

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Was NASA able to locate and take pictures of the lunar craft they left behind in order to definitively prove that they achieved this technological feat?

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[@johnmatrix7003]

Good show. Why are we not concentrating on colonizing the Moon as opposed to a strong focus on colonizing Mars.

[@zandemen]

Science used to use the "scientific method", where the scientist would observe the natural world, make theories fitting the facts, and test the theories, discarding ones that don't fit the real world. Now they say what the world should be and say natural things "shouldn't be there" because they don't fit their flawed models. Maybe you just need to poll better scientists, that are not wrong, or narcissistic.

[@marqueewilson]

The mellow soundtrack feels perfect for this video! (What is it? I wanna know!)

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[@RobBon12]

I find it a bit sad that there is no real questioning of the pick and choose that NASA does with the LRO images released to the public. During the Apollo missions, there are clear and present oddities on the surface of the moon (taken with much lower quality cameras) that, somehow, the LRO pics (released to the public) never seem to find. I have always found that interesting, to say the least. I am so bored with these "oh this is odd" subjects because they are, in the end, not really that odd are they? And many of you KZbinrs that love space exploration, as I do, won't touch anything even mildly controversial in NASA pics and footage.

[@blyat7276]

do you have any examples?

[@paddy2661]

Yep spoton nasa knows a fare bit , but the top secret agencies know everything. Last 2 missions to the moon as you'll find , nasa left sizemagraph on the moon the landers booster where ejected back to lunar surface the moon ringing for over an hour (hollow moon) last mission nasa added bigger boosters plus fired them to surface at more height it rang for hours. There's bases their reason they haven't gone back because it's top secret, 4 minute missing tape the ET's where watching them , the next 12 months will reveal alot more , bases on Mars too. Governments are letting the ufo community release info slowly because they don't (know how) or want to be the liers of the top secret agencies coverup 6 countries USA is incharge.. It's mind bending what I've found out so fare. Keep a open mind because what's to come 99% won't believe what we have been doing since 1940's with ET's help , real released info of last 12 months I'll say this nasa rockets to moon was a coverup of there real space force technology , they built there own ufo's yes reversed engineered pre 50's , but after that 60's 70's 80's they had the tech delivered to them . I know 8 astronauts where taught to fly them , and one threatened to land at whitehouse front lawn if secret wasn't revealed, just maybe why shuttles exploded , Izanhower went aboard one (disk shape) 1956 . True fact JFK flew in a sagar shape craft approx 10 days later he was going to speakout the soul reason he was killed.. There's 6 Alien species in our galaxy nearly 900 in the universe, top secret agencies know all , including past history top CIA agent with permission from head CIA has revealed couple of months back we are hybrids, we didn't build the pyramids, the list goes on there was 4 Alien species on earth including us being one, one identical to us, Greys and another under Sea war 1974 off Italy Coast they left no friends to us or Greys. James Web telescope will reveal the star with 7 planets where we have already been with there help and there's nearly 900k already on Mars , seen pic taken by nasa and copied before they destroyed it , only small base haven't seen the cities but there real , the last thing we where ment to be advanced into planetary visitors with there help in the 70's but the greed coverups stopped it. All coming out now enjoy there's plenty more , it's going to be very frustrating for the ufo community to hear the full truth , historians will burn there books Vatican has the truth. And the one's that have followed the government's belief that ET's ain't real well there in for a bumpy ride... Cheers 100% truth enjoy..

[@Birdstangg]

@@paddy2661 Jessie what the fuck are you talking about

[@blyat7276]

@@paddy2661 any, any kind of proof you can prensent me or do i have to believe a random comment i saw on the internet?

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@@blyat7276 high chance some sort of a belief opinion lmao. Although I feel that it isn't really much true lol

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You have the best information and videos out there. They are current and relevant. (in fun) Nasa Technician going through the space suit after they returned to Earth: What is this? Astronaut: What's what? NASA: Well, it looks like a picture a kid drew of a peni" Astronaut: ANDY WARHOL DREW THAT! NASA: Really! Did he sign his name? Astronaut: Ummm.

[@josephrion3514]

Two and a half minutes in,I won't lie. It looks opposite. The large thing looks. Like the crater and the two depressions look like little spiky domes. It's annoying that I am seeing it backwards but without establishing shot or accompanying additional visuals to help flip that visual in my mind. Dang!

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Amazing editing skills and cool information. New sub 👍🏻 good luck at getting to 1 million subs :)

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Early congrats on a million subs. You deserve it for these quality educational videos. I revisit The Opportunity and Galilean Moons series often as they're some of my favourite KZbin videos of all time. Cheers!

[@belkacemnaili7584]

Was NASA able to locate and take pictures of the lunar craft they left behind in order to definitively prove that they achieved this technological feat?

[@htos1av]

The uniquely dry silica of the Moon will yield a type of glass, when created on the moon, that will be SIX times stronger than steel. And, employing in a domed over base, pressurized to 14psi, and 17% O2 levels, you could strap on wings, and literally fly around @ 1/6x of Earth's gravity.. Not even joking.

[@razeezar]

A thought regarding lunar bases : Musk would be much better off thinking about Lunar colonies as opposed to Martian colonies, for a plethora of reasons (The prime reason being the matter of distances involved). Of course, if Musk's example of his 'Hyperloop' manifesting as highly inefficient (and dangerous) taxi tunnels is anything to go by, he'll be lucky to even see a Lunar-base in his lifetime... Let-alone a domed base that we imagine!

[@TheMusicolophile]

What’s somewhat amusing is that these images look no better than images I’ve seen from the 60’s and 70’s.

[@j0llywh0t51]

My theory: 5:48. The large crater bottom left might be the stem of creation of the two seemingly separate domes. Is it possible that the domes were actually one huge dome initially? If this crater was created at the time of the basalt plane's ongoing formation could the kinetic energy from the basalt plane have hewn the giant extruding mass of silica in two? The source of the silica may have been the meteor that caused the crater. The heat generated and low gravity may have allowed for such a giant dome to form by lava extrusion. Is this plausible to anybody with expertise? I am very much spitballin. Thanks for the video! really nice

[@verafleck]

Is it possible that these were produced by a micronova?

[@sunsettersix6993]

They migrated from Earth. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it. jk

[@adventureswithdogs2251]

One of the peaks I've climbed in NH is called Carter Dome. Although the Whites were carved into their present shape by the receding of the glaciers, the origins are volcanic. At 1/6 gravity, these domes on the Moon would be a bit easier...

[@davidwood2387]

Lower gravity then the earth dome could grow bigger with less effect.

[@Simplicitywins]

Damn, they're finding my moon bases. Go away! Shoo!

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[@TristanVash38]

Astrum mooned me. I liked it.

[@cbrucesbiz]

The craters look a bit like islands well, I guess he has seen hexagonal islands during his lifetime. Why are almost all the craters show a direct downward strike and many others have a sputter type shape like you could create on metal using a welding machine. Something is wrong here. Do you know what?

[@Emdee5632]

Almost every impact crater is round. If the impact angle is very shallow, it's otherwise. What sometimes happened they think is that a low impactor did not have a very dense composition, chunks of if were torn off, and formed craters in the immidiate vicinity of the main (or first) crater.

[@richardmercer2337]

Well if they shouldn't be on the Moon, where *should* they be?! 😁

[@nedkelly8495]

Pretty good.... the info & the images. (frm NZ)

[@That-Google-Guy]

Nobody deserves 1 million subs like you do!! I remember the days when you were standing in front of the camera, outside in the sunny English weather, helping me better understand space. The Planets series helped me sleep during difficult times, and the Mars rover series was so good!

[@belkacemnaili7584]

Was NASA able to locate and take pictures of the lunar craft they left behind in order to definitively prove that they achieved this technological feat?

[@khashayar1098]

Background music name?!

[@psybernaught]

I think that after the formation of the moon it briefly (by geological standards) had oceans of water and a thick atmosphere. It wouldn't have lasted long, obviously, because it would be constantly boiling away to space, but there was an awful lot of it. The moon was made of the same material as the earth, and contained water within it, and not just on its surface. When the collision happened that created a separate earth and moon, the same water that we now have here on earth also was there on the early moon. Too much to dissipate all at once. The lava domes on the moon formed during that time, and shortly afterwards, that water fully evaporated, leaving the moon dry as a bone. Probably some of that water that left the moon would have ended up falling back here to earth early on, which is an interesting thought.

[@petersvancarek]

I find it highly improbable there was thick atmosphere and oceans. Moon has too low gravity for that. And Moon was extremely hot when it emerged from accretion of the rubble left after Protoearth and Thea collided. That would make even heaviest volatiles leaving such shallow gravity well in less than year. All the while the Moon was molten mass. Any volatiles released from that magma would go directly to outer space.

[@jennyanydots2389]

There's water in the form of ice hiding in permanently shaded areas on the moon left over from all the collisions over the years but given the conditions and size it's a pretty far stretch of the imagination to think the moon ever had oceans or anything close to a 'thick' atmosphere after it initially cooled down post-formation. Maybe for a few months, maybe.

[@petersvancarek]

@@jennyanydots2389 that water was brought to the Moon much later. But it wouldn't stay in liquid form even for a fraction of a second. It could be only in solid form. from this, it can sublime if temperature is high enough in which case it is lost to space very fast.

[@Very_Angry_Citizen]

You're one of those Q believers aren't you?

[@psybernaught]

@@Very_Angry_Citizen Not even remotely. And you have my condolences at being so angry. Maybe try yoga?

[@ParaglidingManiac]

Yay! FInally Gruithuisen Domes are addressed!

[@lecturesfromleeds614]

Those lava tubes would be a great place to explore

[@marko5683]

Mmmm rocks :) nice video. Good job!

[@counterdebate]

Click Bait titles again and again.... Unsubbed

[@ryanbarringer9993]

Closing in on a million subs. Pretty cool.

[@dougkeyes4406]

At that time the Earth's gravity was so variable the moon could have quite literally been formed a few thousand miles from the surface of the Earth gravity was practically non-existent in theory it's quite possible

[@Emdee5632]

Earth's gravity was almost non-existent in the past? Now where did you get that silly idea from? By the way according to the current theory the moon formed probably only ten thousands of miles from Earth, and then slowly started to move away from Earth because of tidal forces.

[@scottbreseke716]

Maybe you think that only solids have gravity, and that liquids don't.

[@djj949]

Quality videos, soothing voice

[@drewdegen9043]

Now I know how stratovolcanos form - Thanks! Another great presentation.

[@luifi]

It's amazing, I'm always thinking about the other face of the moon 🌚

[@s1nb4d59]

Looks to me like something bubbled up and cooled before it erupted.

[@darrenneil4533]

Send it over to Apollo 11s landing site! That would be really interesting.

[@scottbreseke716]

The taxpayers would be upset that this expensive mission was done only to prove something to you in particular.

[@darrenneil4533]

@@scottbreseke716 the taxpayers don’t mind flagrant misuse of their funds it happens every day!

[@LegendGaming-il4iw]

Oh I didn't believe that this video is latest ohhhhh ! Amazing videos bro

[@thepvporg]

The moon may have not had its orbit that it has today, so in the past, it may have been subjected to tidal forces that allowed those flows and the moons orbits changed over time and settled in to it current orbit..

[@Tinker1950]

Utter gibberish - and amateurish English too.

[@BMrider75]

@@Tinker1950 hi John, the moon is moving very slowly away from the Earth (Lazer reflector data). Therefore it was closer in the past... Check out tidal slop, slowing Earth's rotation and conservation of energy.etc. But close enough to have additional gravitational melting ? I doubt it.

[@Tinker1950]

@@BMrider75 I'm fully aware of that.

[@fdsfds7339]

Do a Collab with Anton Petrov! He's almost same sub count, very close to 1 mil, and covers mostly space related topics. He's also had a tough year having lost his infant son by persevering and continuing to make content. The two of you are my favorite content creators and it would be a dream come true seeing a Collab

[@masterxyr]

do we know why he lost his kid? such terrible news

[@dmoore5120]

also watch Scott Manley ...

[@Mr-Corey-June]

According to NASA, "our moon does indeed have an atmosphere consisting of some unusual gases, including sodium and potassium, which are not found in the atmospheres of Earth, Mars or Venus. It's an infinitesimal amount of air when compared to Earth's atmosphere."

[@chippysteve4524]

These domes seem to be very rare and we only seem to see them inside mare (which are commonplace) so that is a big clue in itself perhaps suggesting one-off events rather than geological processes. Gravimetric data showing the density of these domes relative to their surroundings may reveal something. Trying not to say anything about clumps of ancient tumbleweed. Damn!

[@preonmodel8354]

I think that when the moon was forming and was surely closer to earth, the two planets were so hot and the atmosphere around them was literally boiling them.... The volcanos were simply spewing lava but also melting as they did it... hence the lack of volcanic craters left behind to see today. As the moon cooled ,large dust storms in its thin atmosphere smoothed the surface, eventually creating the moonscape that we see today. My take on it , thanks Alex ! Preon.

[@mahmoudeissa7178]

Always wonderful videos and voice .

[@spencerthompson1049]

2 Astrum videos in one week yay!!!!!

[@johnperry5102]

very good video, very interesting, and educational

[@blackmennewstyle]

That little probe has been busy indeed, it has delivered some really beautiful photos of our fascinating moon

[@charlesachurch7265]

This should be taught In all schools. Excellent presentation thanks xxx

[@cadesilvers2052]

Should they really not be there or do we not fully understand them?

[@uteriel282]

we know they have somehow formed naturaly but we dont know how exactly.

[@cacogenicist]

Ah, you know this isn't the only area of apparent silicic volcanism on the moon. Even more interesting is the Compton-Belkovich thorium anomaly region, on the far side. It appears to be a hotspot-produced volcanic complex, including a large caldera, where explosive silicic volcanism occured. We're talking big boom -- with ash flows.

[@lucasjohnson5419]

Wasn't it once said that the moon was created by two planets colliding. Wouldn't that leave water on both? At least for some amount of time.

[@josepalm5515]

What about the dark side of the moon. Where the structures are ?

[@scottbreseke716]

When our moon is in the half-moon phase, the side of moon which is away from us is also half-illuminated.

[@EL1991_]

Almost a million subs! Congrats! I remember being a subscriber when you were just over 100k!

[@pmd7771969]

They should be there because angels live there

[@cantseeneedcaps]

@pmd7771969, THERE YOU GO, SPOT ON !

[@sorrenblitz805]

Being a subscriber to the Thea origin of the moon, my thought is this: those silicate deposits are what's left over from Thea's collision with our Early Earth being drawn back out by gravity and the more uniform magma deposits in the lunar mantle.

[@BalzAldrin]

you earned a like. sorry Im already subscribed haha. Great video Alex. Keep it up

[@scottmills3185]

If you want another plausible avenue the electric universe hypothesis can not be ruled out

[@moemuggy4971]

The Electric universe says stuff like, "All these craters are the result of cosmic thunderbolts from interplanetary discharge" You do realize that if two planetary bodies like Mars and Venus were to come close enough to each other to create a "Cosmic Thunderbolt" They would literally have enough tidal energy to liquify each other, right? Not to mention NONE of the hypotheses they propose can be seen taking place in the observable universe. It's complete pseudoscience rubbish.

[@scottmills3185]

@@moemuggy4971 yes I know what you mean, I’ve wrestled with it for a number of years now,I’m not sure how familiar you are with the EU but they have had some important predictions confirmed in past years , it is undoubtedly a massive paradigm shift,maybe instead of totally condemning and shunning these ideas, with some funding and fresh minds we could perhaps start to crack a few nuts, the absence amount money that is currently being thrown at these fundamental questions is to me a concern, and with increasingly more accurate diagnostic tools the questions are not being answered, in fact they are mounting, if we allow ourselves to be locked into ideas that cannot truly explain what we do see in our observable universe, maybe it is time for a re-think, but we must come at it with open hands AND minds✌️

[@AbhilashaKitchenQueen]

💞💞💞👌👌👌💞💞💞💞

[@youtubeisasshoe8153]

Nasa- Hey man people are c starting to find out about the DOMES on the moon ,WHAT DO WE DO 🤷‍♂️. GOVERNMENT- QUICK make a video calling large hills DOMES !! THEY'LL BELIEVE WHATEVER WE TELL THEM ! JUST LOOK WHAT WE GOT THEM TO BELIEVE ABOUT COVID. 😆🤣🤣

[@GadreelAdvocat]

Might be better to send the Artemis mission to the north pole of the moon. More than just water at the north pole of the Moon. Offers mineral rich plains and over two hundred pits to lava tubes. Might be one stop shopping if Habs are placed into the lava tubes there.

[@magalipiendel411]

"The Moon has no atmoshere"-->?!! you say this after 2:42 . Stopping watching here then, because obviously you don't know what you're talking about. Search Moon, NASA and you will find out. Quote from NASA site: "recent studies confirm that our moon does indeed have an atmosphere consisting of some unusual gases, including sodium and potassium, which are not found in the atmospheres of Earth, Mars or Venus."

[@LongWalkerActual]

When the Space Shuttle program was cancelled and the LRO was launched, I understood why. Glad it happened. Are humans meant to leave this planet?

[@theharper1]

I guess the age of the rock is important. From the description given, it sounds like the domes formed very early in the existence of the moon. I was wondering if a massive impactor on the opposite side of the moon could have triggered the unusual formation.

[@randylahey1232]

The moon is so fuckin cool 😎

[@TheMrPits]

Almost to 1 Million subs. Keep it up, your voice is gold and you do such good work.

[@khingofswordz43]

Well "Ingo Swann" told us that it was alien bases on the Moon ...he remote viewed on the backside of the Moon & found a huge green lights laminating from the inside the base. When he approached the base the beings inside all eyes was on him. When he thought harm would come to him he woke out of his review......I believe it's life on the Moon....not just living beings but organic life such as ancient insects, microorganisms & water under the surface..... 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@crxtodd16]

At 8:54 where it starts showing "art" that was onboard the Apollo 12 lander.... First picture, top left corner - IS ANYONE ELSE SEEING THIS???? Lol

[@kennethkustren3966]

MAAAIBEE ... THEY are the 'tell' of ginormous DUNE® Moon Worms nesting ... !!

[@johnfoster3286]

Nah, This is the remains of work carried out by the Massivemole construction company in the years 8002 to 8009 BC when the company finally failed and went under (pun intended)

[@geroffmilan3328]

I don't see "domes" here, I see *mounds* The hypotheses relating to volcanism sound plausible, particularly given the evidence of volcanic activity, such as the hundreds of images of what look like lava tubes.

[@Argon1115]

I propose at some point in time, after the initial accretion and crustal formation of Luna from the debris field/ring from the Earth-Thea impact with the lunar core still viscus-molten and what would be the earths moon 'mantle' would be viscus from being physically closer to earth thus subject to more gravitational tidal forces (think IO); and, after the initial crustal mares formation, while both earth and moon were subject to heavy bombardment (including ice comet/asteroid - Earth held on the the H2O). My example: Mainstream Geological community pretty much accept that the geographical region that is present day South Eastern Africa, must have had an asteroid of respectable (Himalaya) size with a significant composition of platinum, iridium, and other metals impacted and embedded in the earths primordial crust (possibly before the Oxygen Catastrophe) in such a manner it did not sink to the earths core but partially melted enough to be incorporated into the surrounding crust yet not in an area subject to tectonic subduction into earths mantle. In this way the high silicon "mounds" came to be where they are (the fact the mounds themselves are cratered establish as an old inclusion. Only by comparative samples of the Domes and the surrounding Mares / "Lava plains" could any origin be established with any certainty. I wager The domes themselves will prove to be a good site to establish an underground facility to manufacture silicon computer chips and components. Readily available silicon, most likely of higher purity since not exposed to O2. Merely opening a valve gives a hard vacuum for sintering and electro-deposition. Given sufficient thickness fairly good resistance to high speed neutrons / solar winds (still going to need the water tank(s) to hide in during 'events').

[@kenmactaggart4464]

Key question for me about the domes is whether upwelling of magma could be hot enough to achieve full melting of surface layers, to enable localised differentiation of the melt, in the low lunar gravity. Great to see Alex's quality explanation of little publicised topics.