Something just hit the Moon and left a bright new scar

I'll admit something surprising. Even after years of stargazing, tracking planets, and scanning deep sky objects through a telescope, I only clearly noticed the Man in the Moon about five years ago. While studying the familiar dark plains and bright highlands, I somehow overlooked a pattern people have recognized for thousands of years.

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