Featured Images
Where is the South Pole?
Often hidden in shadows, the south pole (90°S, 0°E) occurs just inside the rim of Shackleton crater (20-kilometer diameter). This spectacular view, aimed at the pole, was acquired on 18 May 2022. The image is 2400 meters wide in the...
Published on 19 Oct 2022
Silicic Volcanoes on the Moon
The silicic volcano Mairan T (41.79°N, 311.61°E) stands over 600 meters tall and in stark albedo contrast to the surrounding dark mare basalts of Oceanus Procellarum. The view is from west-to-east, scene is 6.6 kilometers wide, NAC...
Published on 11 Oct 2022
Wrinkle Ridges – How Deep Does the Fault Lie?
LROC NAC oblique of Montes Recti (right), a range of highlands massifs about 80 km across from west-to-east (west is at the top in this view) near the northern rim of Mare Imbrium. A wrinkle ridge deforms the mare basalts...
Published on 28 Sep 2022
Mystery Rocket Body Found!
A rocket body impacted the Moon on 04 March 2022 near Hertzsprung crater, creating an apparent double crater, roughly 28 meters wide in the longest dimension. LROC NAC M1407760984R enlarged 3x [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 23 Jun 2022
Reiner Gamma: Swirling in Mystery
Reiner Gamma lunar swirl (7.5° N, 301.0°E); NAC controlled mosaic containing images, M1139307518L/R, M1139300406L/R, M1139286182L/R, M1139293294L/R, and M1108661104R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 26 May 2022
The Ins and Outs of Secondary Craters
Secondary craters and v-shaped ejecta. The largest crater at center is about 90 meters in diameter. LROC NAC image M1143115078RE, located at 4.549° S, 255.721° E [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 05 May 2022
Apollo 16 50th Anniversary: A New Landscape
A spectacular, labeled view of the Apollo 16 landing site between North Ray and South Ray craters in the Descartes Highlands, a new landscape for the crew and an exciting set of LROC team products to help celebrate the 50th anniversary...
Published on 20 Apr 2022
Lunar Terminator
Western portion of Mare Moscoviense seen under extreme lighting, east-to-west view snapped 25 August 2019. The illuminated rim in the background is an unnamed crater 21 kilometers in diameter (24.2°N, 146.3°E); spacecraft altitude was...
Published on 15 Apr 2022
Traversing the Shackleton de Gerlache Ridge
Amazing oblique view of the rim of Shackleton crater (on the left) and the Shackleton - de Gerlache ridge that runs from middle left to upper right. The south pole is near the small, sharp, bright crater on the rim of Shackleton (left...
Published on 01 Apr 2022
Schrödinger Vent - A Region Rich with Lunar Treats
A digital terrain model (DTM) mosaic of the Schrödinger pyroclastic vent (centered at -75.27°N, 139.29°E - here in Quickmap ) located on the floor of Schrödinger basin where the elevation is relative to the average radius of the...
Published on 04 Mar 2022
NAC Anaglyph: Alphonsus Vent
A dike (subsurface magma body) was likely intruded under the floor of Alphonsus crater creating an array of fractures seen here. Image is 5700 meters wide, north is towards the top [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 19 Feb 2022
Topography of the Taurus-Littrow Valley
Color-shaded relief map of the Taurus-Littrow Valley (APOLLO17 DTM mosaic) made from eleven NAC stereo pairs [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 11 Feb 2022
A “Secondary” View of Copernicus
NAC DTM showing a chain of Copernicus secondaries (15.5°N, 343.4°E). North is pointing right [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 04 Feb 2022
Saturn 2021
Saturn and Jupiter have been a comforting presence in the evening sky for the past several months. On October 13, 2021, LRO slewed to allow LROC to acquire this magnificent view revealing Saturn and its rings. NAC M1388758232L...
Published on 22 Nov 2021
Gruithuisen Domes: A Lunar Mystery
NASA is planning to send a lander and rover to the beautiful Gruithuisen Domes, seen in this controlled mosaic, and LROC images will help guide the way. The domes are located at 36.3° N, 319.8° E. Image 55 km wide, north is up...
Published on 14 Oct 2021
Apollo 15: A Mission of Many Firsts
Highlights of the Apollo 15 landing site, as seen in LROC NAC image M175252641R. This image has a resolution of 27 cm/px, and shows an area of 262 m by 186 m. The Lunar Module is clearly visible, as are many tracks from the Lunar Roving...
Published on 30 Jul 2021
Boulder Tracks: Race to the Bottom of Chaplygin Crater!
Boulders ejected from Chaplygin B crater rolled down the wall of the much larger Chaplygin crater (4.1ºS, 151.7ºE) leaving these spectacular tracks. Image 980 meters wide, north is up [NASA/GFSC/Arizona State University].
Published on 15 Jul 2021
Mass Wasting: Klute Crater
Mass wasting in Klute Crater (36.79° S, 217.7°E) NAC controlled mosaic containing images, M1155169631LR, M1155162511LR, M1155155392LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 26 Apr 2021
IMPs: Young Lunar Volcanism?
Irregular Mare Patch located inside Sosigenes Crater (8.7° N, 17.5° E), approximately 17 km across. NAC controlled mosaic containing images M1264703188L/R, M1264710221L/R, and M1264717254L/R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 24 Feb 2021
Apollo 14 Fiftieth Anniversary!
Apollo 14 landing site (4.646°S, 342.528°E) showing the two extra-vehicular activities (EVAs; orange = EVA1 and teal = EVA2) with stations (pink triangles), and geologic features (white dots).
Published on 05 Feb 2021