# Google Maps The Moon!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-the-moon/313293>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 20, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-the-moon/313293 "2005-07-20T15:10:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-the-moon/313293/1 "2005-07-20T15:10:08Z")

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[http://moon.google.com/](http://moon.google.com/)

Be sure to zoom in as close as you can.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-the-moon/313293/2 "2005-07-20T15:27:38Z")

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> [@DeVena](#):
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> Be sure to zoom in as close as you can.

Heh.

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**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-the-moon/313293/3 "2005-07-20T15:34:39Z")

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That’s nice and all, but wake me up when they have [http://mars.google.com](http://mars.google.com) ready!

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-the-moon/313293/4 "2005-07-20T16:04:02Z")

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I love the link: Looking for something on Planet Earth?

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**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-the-moon/313293/5 "2005-07-20T16:08:33Z")

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Awesome! but . . . but . . . I thought the moon was made of _blue_ cheese!

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**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-the-moon/313293/6 "2005-07-20T16:37:29Z")

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> [@The Weird One](#):
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> Awesome! but . . . but . . . I thought the moon was made of _blue_ cheese!

I always thought it was green cheese.

Blue cheese moon… mmmmm…

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**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-the-moon/313293/7 "2005-07-20T16:41:09Z")

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That was _funnny_! Thanks!

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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-the-moon/313293/8 "2005-07-20T17:58:14Z")

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[Wallace]  
Cheese Gromit! err… I mean Google it! The moon is made of cheese!  
[/Wallace]

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**Author:** ![Mycroft\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mycroft\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_H)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-the-moon/313293/9 "2005-07-20T19:52:44Z")

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The humor continues with the link for “More about Google Moon.” I like the long term planning involved in answer 4.

Thanks **DeVena** for the link.

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**Author:** ![Ruckinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@Ruckinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruckinge)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-the-moon/313293/10 "2005-07-20T21:54:12Z")

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I absolutely love Google. You ever read their April Fool’s Day stuff?