Featured Images

Offset Floor of Buys-Ballot Crater

Ridge along the edge of Buys-Ballot crater floor. LROC NAC M1095343282L, image center 21.321°N, 175.152°E, image width 1.41 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 05 Dec 2013

A Smattering of Self-secondaries

Self-secondaries within the ejecta blanket of a fresh crater. LROC NAC M1120683999L, image width ~2.5 km [NASA/GFSC/Arizona State University].

Published on 03 Dec 2013

Thin Dark Layer

Eastern rim of an unnamed young crater. LROC NAC M156102528L; image center 4.072°S, 227.294°E; image width is 590 m; incidence angle is 7.2°; illuminated from right side [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 27 Nov 2013

A Great Place to Rove!

Sinus Iridum area of the Moon - it is likely that China will land a rover near Laplace A crater before the end of the year! Arrow shows location of Soviet Lunokhod 1 rover, LROC WAC mosaic is 360 km wide [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State...

Published on 22 Nov 2013

Impact Art

LROC NAC mosaic (M1119341350LR) of ejecta from a fresh crater that impacted on the southeastern wall of crater Darwin C: image is ~3 km wide, north is up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 21 Nov 2013

Tsiolkovskiy Central Peak Oblique

An LROC NAC oblique image (M1098059280LR) of the central peak of Tsiolkovskiy Crater. The image is approximately 25 km in diameter, and the central peak rises ~3400 m above the crater floor. North points left [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State...

Published on 19 Nov 2013

The Lunar Alps

A portion of an LROC NAC oblique image (M177602135LR) of a rille, seen in the center of this image running northwest to southeast through the Montes Alpes region. Image width is approximately 15 km. North is to the right...

Published on 15 Nov 2013

It Is All Downhill From Here

LROC NAC image (M1131216329LR) of the southeast wall of Dugan J, where material flowed downward and came to rest at the base of the crater wall. Image is ~2 km wide [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 12 Nov 2013

Making an Impact on History

LROC NAC image (M153014430L) of the Ranger 7 impact crater (bright crater near top center) in Mare Cognitum located at 339.323°E, 10.634°S. The crater is 14 meters in diameter; image width is 400 m. [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 07 Nov 2013

Diversity of Basaltic Lunar Volcanism

A diverse range of volcanic morphologies: a sinuous rille, blocky lava flows, and pyroclastic cones found in a portion of the controlled LROC NAC mosaic "NAC_ROI_MARIUS_ _LOC_E138N3037" centered on 303.861°E, 13.476°N; image is...

Published on 05 Nov 2013

Dark Ejecta

A 78 m diameter crater with distinct dark ejecta surrounding the crater rim. The crater formed in the highlands (31.131°S, 147.536°E) north of the crater Jules Verne, LRO NAC frame M1115555142L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 31 Oct 2013

Ground Hugging Ejecta

Ejecta deposit of an unnamed crater (~2.7 km in diameter). LROC NAC M130008764R. Image center is 9.80°N, 250.06°E, image width is 567 m. North is up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 24 Oct 2013

Fractured Melt Rock

A portion of western crater wall inside Jackson crater (72 km diameter). LROC NAC M182253065R. Image center is 22.534°N, 195.59°E, image width is 2130 m. Illumination is from left side of this image, incidence angle is 57°...

Published on 22 Oct 2013

3D Moon!

Today's featured image is a 3D anaglyph of the low-Sun LROC WAC 643 nm mosaic of the lunar nearside [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 18 Oct 2013

Synthetic Views of the Moon

Synthetic view of the waxing Moon as viewed from Earth on 2013-10-15 17:00:00 UTC [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 15 Oct 2013

Wrinkles in Mare Frigoris

A complex wrinkle ridge deforms Mare Frigoris (52.935°N; 11.131°E). NAC frame M181102837R, illumination is from the west (left), north is up, image is ~2.0 km wide. White arrow indicates small extensional feature discussed in text....

Published on 10 Oct 2013

Secondaries near Mare Moscoviense

A cluster of secondary craters found in the highlands adjacent to Mare Moscoviense (28.803°S; 142.876°E). NAC frame M1104980770R, illumination is from the southeast, north is up, image is ~1.4 km wide [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 08 Oct 2013

Fall Out

Boulders scattered across mounds on the floor of Inghirami C. LROC NAC M1114645692L, centered at 44.167°S, 285.309°E, image is ~500 meters across [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 03 Oct 2013

That's a Relief

A color coded shaded relief map of a symmetrical mountain located in Mare Ingenii and centered at 35.969°S, 164.497°E. This peak is approximately 2.5 km in diameter and 230 meters tall. The colors represent elevation; high elevations...

Published on 01 Oct 2013

LROC Coordinates of Robotic Spacecraft - 2013 Update

Luna 17, the spacecraft that carried the Lunokhod 1 rover to the surface. You can make out the rover tracks around the lander. LROC NAC image M175502049RE [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 24 Sep 2013