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When the Moon Breaks: Concentric Graben

An oblique view (generated with Quickmap) of Rimae Hippalus, showing the extent of the grabens, which span over 250 kilometers. The image width is roughly 150 kilometers at the bottom, and 500 kilometers on the horizon. The central peak...

Published on 22 Jul 2025

Dome Alone: A Lunar Mystery Near Herodotus Crater

The Herodotus Omega dome rises gradually above the surrounding mare. The large, irregularly shaped depression towards the right is likely a summit pit. Image width is 7.5 kilometers, centered at 20.25°N, 309.93°E [NASA/GSFC/Arizona...

Published on 16 Jul 2025

Fork in the Road

A forked wrinkle ridge (6.10° N, 347.74° E) branches into two segments. NAC controlled mosaic containing images M1365971178LR and M1365964142LR. North is up and solar illumination is from the east; the crater just to the west of the...

Published on 09 Jul 2025

Thick Lava Flow in Easternmost Crisium Basin

Isolated lava flow in the easternmost Crisium Basin. An intricate lobate margin and relatively steep sides suggest the lava was more viscous than typical mare basalt. Source area is near the contact with the highlands, but the source is...

Published on 02 Jul 2025

Concentric Crater With Blocky Ejecta

Fresh concentric impact crater (245 m diameter) found in northwest Mare Nubium. Note concentric ring inside the crater wall, the circular flat floor and the dark central pit. Blocks are strewn along the birght crater rays extending away...

Published on 06 Jun 2025

Tycho Central Peak: A Deeper Look!

A morphologic map highlighting the variety of landforms that make up the central peak of Tycho crater, a young ~70 kilometer diameter crater on the southern nearside (-43.48, 348.67) {NASA/ASU/Arizona State University].

Published on 03 May 2025

Fences on the Moon?

Mysterious farside impact melt deposits, image width 12 kilometers at center, looking west-to-east, north is to the left, M1451669615LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 25 Apr 2025

Mons Rümker and the Moon's Volcanic Past

NAC regional mosaic composed of 10 images showing Mons Rümker and the surrounding mare surface. Images acquired between 2012-06-03 to 2016-04-21. Image width is 299 kilometers, centered at 40.80°N, 301.43°E [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State...

Published on 12 Apr 2025

IM-2 Athena: A Closer View

LROC acquired a subsequent oblique on 10 March at 14:52 UTC, bringing the IM-2 Athena lander into sharper focus. North and nearside to the right, image width 1175 meters M1496181900LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 11 Mar 2025

IM-2 Athena Seen Obliquely

The Intuitive Machines IM-2 Athena lander reached the surface of the Moon on 06 March 2025, near the center of Mons Mouton. The Earth and north are towards the right, image width 3.9 kilometers, image resolution reduced 3x, NAC...

Published on 10 Mar 2025

Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Seen From Above

The Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost lunar lander touched down in the volcanic terrain known as Mare Crisium. Visible in the upper left is a portion of a volcanic depression and to the bottom right is a volcanic cone, known as Mons...

Published on 07 Mar 2025

Blue Ghost Seen Obliquely

The Firefly Blue Ghost lunar lander set down on 2nd March 2025. The landing site (arrow) is about 4000 meters from the center of Mons Latreille, a large volcanic cone. NAC M1495577008LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 04 Mar 2025

IM-2 Landing Region

The Intuitive Machines IM-2 Nova-C lander (Athena) is currently scheduled to land on Mons Mouton on 6 March 2025 (predicated upon a launch before the 2nd of March). The IM-1 Odysseus landing site is indicated at the center top, and the...

Published on 26 Feb 2025

Firefly Blue Ghost Landing Region

The Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost Mission 1 spacecraft was launched toward the Moon on January 15th 2025 and is slated to land on March 2nd. The landing region is located in eastern Mare Crisium (white box; 18.56°N, 61.81°E); NAC...

Published on 21 Feb 2025

Mesmerizing Patterns

Mesmerizing abstract pattern (17.45°S, 144.75°E) formed as low-angle ejecta from a 2.4-kilometer diameter crater was emplaced from the lower left towards the upper right. The curve indicates the underlying steep slope (20°)....

Published on 28 Jan 2025

Amazing Giordano Bruno

Beautiful complex floor of Giordano Bruno crater. M1452055478LR, acquired 2023-10-16, incidence angle 65°, slew angle 0°,  phase angle  64°, spacecraft altitude 96 kilometers, image width  3750 meters, pixel scale reduced...

Published on 20 Jan 2025

First to See the Farside

First photograph (BW) taken of the famous Apollo 8 Earthrise sequence, the following images were acquired with color film [AS08-13-2329, NASA].

Published on 24 Dec 2024

Dramatic Sunrise

Early morning Sun illuminates the steep western wall of an unnamed 10-kilometer diameter crater. North is to the right, image 3.5 kilometers across in the center [NASA/GSFC/Intuitive Machines].

Published on 22 Oct 2024

Young Volcanism?

Enigmatic landform proposed to have formed from relatively young volcanic activity. NAC M1453037761LR, acquired 2023-11-27, incidence angle 71°, slew angle 43°, phase angle 116°, spacecraft altitude 89 km, north is up, image width...

Published on 18 Oct 2024

First Look: Chang'e 6

This image from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera shows Chang'e 6 in the Apollo basin on the lunar farside on 07 June 2024. The lander is seen as the small cluster of bright pixels in the center of the image. Image is 552...

Published on 14 Jun 2024