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I believe most are shadows, unless you believe the moon is cheese, then they are holes. ;-)
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"With the Apollo missions, scientists found that these features are actually huge impact basins that were flooded with now-solidified lava. One surprise was that these basins formed relatively late in the history of the early solar system - approximately 700 million years after the formation of the Earth and Moon. Many scientists now believe that these lunar impact basins bear witness to a huge spike in the bombardment rate of the planets - called the late heavy bombardment (LHB). The cause of such an intense bombardment, however, is considered by many to be one of the best-preserved mysteries of solar system history." Source and more: http://www.universetoday.com/2005/05/26/dark-spots-on-the-moon-show-a-turbulent-solar-system/
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I call them black spots on the moon. I suppose you could call them creveces.
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the big dark patches are called Maria in plural... I think one is called a mare.
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stains
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blackheads.
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Maria. As in "How do you solve a problem like Maria?" Except it's pronounced to rhyme with carrier. It's Latin for "seas" which is what the first astonomers thought they "saw". Thus they are named Sea of Tranquillity, and so on. The singular is "mare" which is usually pronounced "Mary".
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They are called Maria Here is a great image mapping it out for you. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Moon_names.jpg
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