Gallery: Insanely Detailed 3-D Globe of the Moon Shows Every Dimple

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    This is Moon, a 3-D, topographic lunar globe that comes with its own light source, that mimics the sun. Its creators say it's the first like it.
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    The only data that’s presented on this globe are Braille-like bumps that represent the moon’s ridges, mountains, and craters at a 1:20-million scale.
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    Moon is the result of a collaboration between Oscar Lhermitte, a London designer, and Kudu Studio, a design agency that's also in London. It took four years to finish.
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    Besides faithfully representing the surface of the moon, the globe can simulate the phases of the moon during a lunar month, a rotation that takes 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, and 2.80 seconds.
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    To get that part right, Kudu Studios, which often works on electronic gadgets, ended up programming an internal digital clock.
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    Moon has settings besides the lunar month. A demo mode allows users to observe a complete synodic month in just 30 seconds.
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    Moon is part scientific-instrument, part desktop artwork. It’s a clever combination: to most earthlings, the moon is a mysterious place. Moon—the globe—brings it into higher relief.
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