Transient Lunar Phenomena

Introduction
"Transient Lunar Phenomena" (TLP) is a term used to describe anything which is seen on the moon which is not supposed to be there, and which contradicts the view that the surface of the moon is dead and unchanging. TLP includes strange lights which appear and then subsequently vanish, areas of mist (sometimes coloured) and physical features which appear to come and go. The subject remains controversial, with TLP being dismissed as the result of misperception, or misidentification of craters by amateurs. TLP have however been observed by distinguished astronomers, and even Apollo astronauts. The subject is still largely ignored by astronomers [2] but I feel that the subject has become marginally more respectable ever since Patrick Moore saw a TLP and took an interest in the subject. Moore (who claims to have coined the term "TLP.") restricts the term to red mists, which he explains (tentatively) as gases rising from below the lunar surface, possibly as a result of "moonquakes"[3]. [continued]