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Old and New

Degraded crater wall of Vavilov D. Image center is 1.14°N, 221.536°E, image width is 1440 m, incidence angle is 61°, down slope is to the lower right, M1128031686L  [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. 

Published on 12 Jun 2014

Onset Diameter

Multiple small young craters on a fresh ejecta sheet. LROC NAC M1132582647R. Image center is 2.971°S, 246.936°E; image width is 1.2 km; incidence angle is 9° [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. 

Published on 10 Jun 2014

Tender Tendrils

Beautiful granular flows on the wall of Hipparchus G crater brought fresh debris from the rim down the walls, downslope is to the left. Image width is ~1 km, and North is up; LROC NAC image M183474839L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 03 Jun 2014

Eroding Crater Walls

High reflectance material poured down the walls toward the floor of Maskelyne B crater indicating interbedding of high reflectance and low reflectance layers in the walls. Image width is 2800 m and vertical relief is 1300 m (4250 feet)....

Published on 30 May 2014

Trundling Across the Moon

Tracks made by Lunokhod 2 as it tested for variations in local magnetic properties while traversing around a small crater (25.764°N, 30.474°E), M122007650R, image width 470 m [NASA/ GSFC/ Arizona State University].

Published on 23 May 2014

Punching through Abel C

A bench crater in the pyroclastic deposit mantling the floor of Abel C. The impactor appears to have punched through multiple layers, giving it an irregular, stepped appearance. The crater is approximately 100 m in diameter. Taken from...

Published on 22 May 2014

A Kink in Rima Krieger

Rima Krieger winds its way through Oceanus Procellarum. Image width is ~ 3.5 km. Taken from LROC NAC image M1152172510R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 20 May 2014

The Complex Case at Lassell K

An early morning view looking east-to-west from an altitude of 86 km across the southern portion of the Lassell Massif, an irregularly shaped series of hills and steep-walled depressions. North is to the right; oblique LROC NAC mosaic...

Published on 15 May 2014

A Splendid View of Larmor Q

LROC NAC view of the south wall and rim of splendiferous Larmor Q crater, looking obliquely east-to-west from an altitude of 60 km; image M174081337 [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 13 May 2014

Earthrise!

The vastness of space, and the inviting terra firma of the Earth and Moon. LROC WAC M1145896768C [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 07 May 2014

Elongated Crater

Full resolution LROC NAC M155084711R showing the northeastern wall and floor of Arago E crater. The floor is peppered with rocks that tumbled down the crater wall. In this image North is up, image width is ~0.5 miles (800 m)...

Published on 01 May 2014

Jagged Rim

LROC NAC M1152277932L showing the upper southeastern portion of the rim of Piazzi H crater which has a diameter of 5 miles (8 km). The width of this image is ~0.5 miles (800 m) and North is up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 29 Apr 2014

Angular Ejecta Edge

Ejecta flowed down an unnamed crater wall leaving behind this spectacular pattern. LROC NAC M1145938700LR, center 34.653°N, 187.234°E; width is 1800 m, downslope is to the lower-right, north is up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 24 Apr 2014

Impact on a Slope

An unnamed crater ejecta inside Dante C crater (54 km in diameter). LROC NAC M1137707212L, center 28.463°N, 182.491°E, width is 1728 m, downslope is to the lower-right [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 22 Apr 2014

Sometimes You Just Need to Vent

Low reflectance material cascaded down the wall of what is likely a volcanic vent in the southwestern portion of the Orientale basin. Image width is approximately 750 m. LROC NAC image M1150135366 [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 15 Apr 2014

One in a Million Mounds

Boulders, most 10 to 20 meters across, pepper the flanks of a cratered mound in the floor of Copernicus crater. The scene is illuminated from the east (right); LROC NAC M1339037292R; image width ~1.1 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 10 Apr 2014

Swept Slopes of Herigonius

Banded layers of mare basalts revealed in the east wall of Herigonius crater. The crater rim crest is located outside the top of the image (north to the left). Debris and boulders accumulate downslope (bottom) toward the crater floor....

Published on 08 Apr 2014

Small Clearing

LROC NAC M1144856403R of a mound littered with boulders located within the floor of Tycho crater. The small clearing, which lacks boulders, is most likely squeezed up impact melt. Image width is ~2400 ft (730 m) and North points up...

Published on 03 Apr 2014

Lavoisier Pyroclastics

Irregular depression at the head of a floor fracture skirting the western floor of Lavoisier crater. Low reflectance material, thought to be pyroclastics, appears to have flowed East into nearby parts of the crater floor. LROC NAC...

Published on 01 Apr 2014

Distal Edges

Blocky fences border an impact melt deposit on the rim of a fresh crater. LROC NAC M112884286R, image width is 816 m, illuminated from upper right, north is up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 27 Mar 2014