dark side of the moon you never see

[jango fett]

Has nasa ever taken infra red photos or photos of the dark side of the moon ....or used special tec to take photos any at all any joe public have seen ?

[JohnnyD333]

Haven't checked NASA, but here is a site with some pics. Scroll to the bottom of the web page for more.

Many Moons

[jango fett]

thanks for that matey first time ive ever seen that ever most interesting

[AstroLuke]

I think sattelites or probes have taken images of the other site of the moon, no?

[John]

Apollo 16, amongst many missions I think, pictured it:

Far side of the Moon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[great_bear]

Has nasa ever taken infra red photos or photos of the dark side of the moon ....or used special tec to take photos any at all any joe public have seen ?

The other side of the moon isn't dark - so no special techniques are required to photograph it, other than getting around the back to take some snaps, like this one:

[jango fett]

excellent blimey it looks like its been peppered

[Capricorn]

The dark side of the moon faces earth every new moon, in effect every 29 and a bit days.

I am guessing that a hell of a lot of people have pointed IR cameras etc at it.

Would suspect that a decent sized scope would show some of the surface from the small amount of reflected light from the earth.