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Farside northern highlands

Farside northern highlands

Rugged highland terrain on the farside of the Moon, south of Cantor crater. Image width is ~3.4 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 15 Feb 2011

Rimae Bürg

Rimae Bürg

Rimae Bürg is a linear rille, with an average width of 2 km. This rille extends into Lacus Mortis for more than 60 km, and continues into the highland terrain, where it becomes obscured and then reappears as a ridge. Illumination from...

Published on 11 Feb 2011

Rima Bradley

Rima Bradley

Rima Bradley is a northeast/southwest-trending linear rille located between Mare Imbrium and Palus Putredinis (very close to the Apollo 15 landing site). Rima Bradley probably formed as a result of tectonic stresses in the Imbrium...

Published on 10 Feb 2011

Rupes Recta

Rupes Recta

Rupes Recta is a well-known linear rille that extends over 100 km in length! Portion of LROC WAC monochrome mosaic, illumination is from the left, and asterisk notes location of LROC NAC (below) [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 09 Feb 2011

Sublunarean void!

Sublunarean void!

The LROC NAC acquired an oblique view of the Marius Hills pit with just the right angle to reveal an overhang! Pit is about 65 meters in diameter, M137929856R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 07 Feb 2011

New View of Apollo 14

New View of Apollo 14

NAC image of the Apollo 14 landing site acquired 25 January 2011. Descent stage of lunar module Antares in center, image width is 500 meters [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 04 Feb 2011

Crater Mendeleev

Crater Mendeleev

The LROC WAC 100 m/pixel monochrome mosaic shows the entire Crater Mendeleev (313 km in diameter). The white box marks the location of Catena Mendeleev [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 03 Feb 2011

Inside Catena Mendeleev

Inside Catena Mendeleev

Texture on inside wall of a crater in the Catena Mendeleev, a linear crater chain located inside Mendeleev crater. LROC NAC M113038958R, incidence 46°, image is 0.5 m/pixel [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 02 Feb 2011

Stratified Ejecta Blocks

Stratified Ejecta Blocks

A stratified ejecta block around an unnamed fresh crater on the far side of the Moon, NAC frame M110757216R (127.61°E, 13.13°N). Incidence angle is 24°, scale is 0.58 m/px [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 01 Feb 2011

Challenger Astronauts Memorialized on the Moon

Challenger Astronauts Memorialized on the Moon

Craters in the center of Apollo basin (36°S, 209°E) named after Space Shuttle Challenger astronauts, LROC WAC mosaic, ~190 km wide [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 28 Jan 2011

Rille in Aitken Crater!

Rille in Aitken Crater!

The beginning, or end, of a short rille in Aitken crater. This rille is 5 km long and 600 m wide. LROC NAC M149391207, image width is 900 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 27 Jan 2011

Exposed Boulders in the Aitken Mare

Exposed Boulders in the Aitken Mare

Boulders eroding out of the hillslope and concentrated between two hills. NAC image M143480262, image width is 700 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 26 Jan 2011

Terraced Craters in Aitken Crater

Terraced Craters in Aitken Crater

Small crater within Aitken crater. It has a terraced and hummocky floor, with boulders strewn about, and no bright rays. NAC image M145855135RE, image width is 700 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 25 Jan 2011

Wrinkle Ridges in Aitken Crater!

Wrinkle Ridges in Aitken Crater!

Mare basalts and hummocky ejecta both displaying wrinkle ridges in Aitken crater. NAC M105730242, image width is 1.6 km, Sun is from upper left [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 20 Jan 2011

Approaching Aitken Crater - Vertregt J

Approaching Aitken Crater - Vertregt J

As LRO slewed to obliquely view Aitken crater (17 January Featured Image), the northern edge of Vertregt J was serendipitously captured by the NAC. North to the left, image is about 6 km wide [NASA/GSFC/ASU].

Published on 19 Jan 2011

Aitken Central Peak, Seen Obliquely

Aitken Central Peak, Seen Obliquely

Southern end of Aitken crater central peak complex. The upper left is about 1000 meters above the crater floor, which is just seen at lower right. Bright material (high albedo) may be a landslide of local soil, or a secondary impact...

Published on 17 Jan 2011

South Pole Illumination Map

South Pole Illumination Map

Multi-temporal illumination map of the lunar south pole, Shackleton crater (19 km diameter) is in the center, the south pole is located approximately at 9 o'clock on its rim. Mapped area extends from 88°S to 90°S [NASA/GSFC/Arizona...

Published on 15 Dec 2010

Impact melt features in Tycho crater's floor

Impact melt features in Tycho crater's floor

Depressions and positive relief features in Tycho crater were caused by a complex mixture of granular material and impact melt settling to the floor. Image width is 370 m, LROC NAC M119923147L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 09 Dec 2010

Ejecta in Tycho crater

Ejecta in Tycho crater

320 m block of ejecta in Tycho crater covered by a veneer of impact melt. Image width is 370 m, LROC NAC 142334392RE [NASA/GFSC/Arizona State University].

Published on 08 Dec 2010

Rilles as far as the eye can see in Prinz!

Rilles as far as the eye can see in Prinz!

LROC WAC mosaic of the rille-rich Prinz crater region. Bench-like features are visible in the Prinz B depression and two flows originating in Prinz B converge just west of the arrow [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 03 Dec 2010