<p>These are artefacts of how Google shifts between different zoom levels and applies an (incorrect) lighting model to its textured 3D model of the Moon. This is explained here:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.metabunk.org/threads/debunked-alien-base-on-the-moon-triangle-of-dots-photo-artifact.2965/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.metabunk.org/threads/debunked-alien-base-on-the-moon-triangle-of-dots-photo-artifact.2965/</a></p>
<p>As Mick West says in the above <a href="https://www.metabunk.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.metabunk.org</a> thread, you can set Global Maps-&gt;Colorized Terrain on Google Earth to confirm that these pixels are artefacts. See this photo for example:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/juJ6e.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/juJ6e.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>

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2021-10-10T21:46:58.977Z
Answers shouldn't be written in reply to comments, so I've removed the @tags (which don't work in answers anyway)
James K
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2021-10-10T21:09:32.963Z
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John Eastmond
<p>I downloaded an image of the far side of the moon using Google Earth. It is an area to the North West of the Mare Moscoviense (lat 27.3<span class="math-container">$^{\circ}$</span> lon 147.9<span class="math-container">$^{\circ}$</span>)</p>
<p>What are the dot-like structures inside the right edge of the crater?</p>
<p>There are also three dots inside the small crater to the South East of the large crater making an equilateral triangle.</p>
<p>Are they real or are they photo artifacts?</p>
<p>I couldn't find any similar dot-like structures on the near side of the moon.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/nU695.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/nU695.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>Some larger linear structures in craters</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/uuMSi.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/uuMSi.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>

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2021-10-10T13:30:56.520Z
There are dots all over the place at the edges of shaded areas. They are probably just boulders poking up into the sunlight. No need for imaging artefacts or alien bases to explain them away.
Mick
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2021-10-10T14:19:39.520Z
It's strange I don't see any such dots on images from the near side of the moon.
John Eastmond
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2021-10-10T14:30:21.867Z
I've searched around the inside edges of craters on the near side of the moon at a scale of 1km and I can't see any dot-like structures.
John Eastmond
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2021-10-10T14:31:49.240Z
However I do find a lot of dot-like structures on the inside of craters around the Mare Moscoviense on the far side of the moon at a scale of 1km.
John Eastmond
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2021-10-10T17:18:32.540Z
These are artifacts of how Google shifts between different zoom levels and applies an (incorrect) lighting model to its textured 3D model of the Moon. This is explained here https://www.metabunk.org/threads/debunked-alien-base-on-the-moon-triangle-of-dots-photo-artifact.2965/
Peter Erwin
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2021-10-10T20:26:37.123Z
@PeterErwin If you feel that's the answer then please post an answer with a brief summary of the contents of the link so as to avoid a link-only answer.
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Structures on the Far Side of the Moon?
John Eastmond
# Structures on the Far Side of the Moon?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-10-10)

I downloaded an image of the far side of the moon using Google Earth. It is an area to the North West of the Mare Moscoviense (lat 27.3$^{\circ}$ lon 147.9$^{\circ}$)

What are the dot-like structures inside the right edge of the crater?

There are also three dots inside the small crater to the South East of the large crater making an equilateral triangle.

Are they real or are they photo artifacts?

I couldn't find any similar dot-like structures on the near side of the moon.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/nU695.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/nU695.jpg)

Some larger linear structures in craters

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/uuMSi.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/uuMSi.jpg)

**Tags:** the-moon

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: There are dots all over the place at the edges of shaded areas. They are probably just boulders poking up into the sunlight. No need for imaging artefacts or alien bases to explain them away.  
> **username_0**: It's strange I don't see any such dots on images from the near side of the moon.  
> **username_0**: I've searched around the inside edges of craters on the near side of the moon at a scale of 1km and I can't see any dot-like structures.  
> **username_0**: However I do find a lot of dot-like structures on the inside of craters around the Mare Moscoviense on the far side of the moon at a scale of 1km.  
> **username_2**: These are artifacts of how Google shifts between different zoom levels and applies an (incorrect) lighting model to its textured 3D model of the Moon. This is explained here https://www.metabunk.org/threads/debunked-alien-base-on-the-moon-triangle-of-dots-photo-artifact.2965/  
> **username_3**: @PeterErwin If you feel that's the answer then please post an answer with a brief summary of the contents of the link so as to avoid a link-only answer.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2021-10-10. Score: 4

These are artefacts of how Google shifts between different zoom levels and applies an (incorrect) lighting model to its textured 3D model of the Moon. This is explained here:

<https://www.metabunk.org/threads/debunked-alien-base-on-the-moon-triangle-of-dots-photo-artifact.2965/>

As username_1 West says in the above <https://www.metabunk.org> thread, you can set Global Maps->Colorized Terrain on Google Earth to confirm that these pixels are artefacts. See this photo for example:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/juJ6e.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/juJ6e.jpg)

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: Answers shouldn't be written in reply to comments, so I've removed the @tags (which don't work in answers anyway)  

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