Dark Side of the Moon Tour – A Piece for Assorted Lunatics", the name under which it made its press debut in February 1972 at London's Rainbow Theatre. The title changed for the first part of the US tour to "Eclipse (A Piece for Assorted Lunatics)" during April and May before reverting to "Dark Side of the Moon – A Piece for Assorted Lunatics" in September for the second part of the US tour and finally released in 1973 under the title of "The Dark Side of the Moon". Remarkably, at its first full live performance at Guildhall, Portsmouth, England on 21 January 1972, most of
Topography of the Moon Topography of the Moon The topography of the Moon has been measured by the methods of laser altimetry and stereo image analysis, including data obtained during the "Clementine" mission. The most visible topographic feature is the giant far side South Pole-Aitken basin, which possesses the lowest elevations of the Moon. The highest elevations are found just to the north-east of this basin, and it has been suggested that this area might represent thick ejecta deposits that were emplaced during an oblique South Pole-Aitken basin impact event. Other large impact basins, such as the maria Imbrium, Serenitatis, Crisium, Smythii, and Orientale,