NASA video flies you above the moon in 4K

Fly me to the moon, NASA.
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Miriam Kramer
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NASA video flies you above the moon in 4K
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NASA wants to fly you to the moon in 4K.

The space agency just released a new video showing off high-resolution imagery gathered by its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, tasked with exploring the moon from above.

The five-minute video shows off various sites on the near and the far side of the moon.

"The tour visits a number of interesting sites chosen to illustrate a variety of lunar terrain features," NASA said in a video description.

"Some are on the near side and are familiar to both professional and amateur observers on Earth, while others can only be seen clearly from space."

The video even shows off some of the Apollo landing sites as seen from orbit.

So just sit back, relax, and enjoy NASA's view.

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Miriam Kramer

Miriam Kramer worked as a staff writer for Space.com for about 2.5 years before joining Mashable to cover all things outer space. She took a ride in weightlessness on a zero-gravity flight and watched rockets launch to space from places around the United States. Miriam received her Master's degree in science, health and environmental reporting from New York University in 2012, and she originally hails from Knoxville, Tennessee. Follow Miriam on Twitter at @mirikramer.


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