Featured Images
A Stark Beauty All Its Own
LROC's best look yet at the Apollo 11 Landing site. The remnants of Armstrong and Aldrin's historic first steps on the surface are seen as dark paths around the Lunar Module (LM), Lunar Ranging RetroReflector (LRRR) and Passive Seismic...
Published on 07 Mar 2012
Pinpoint Landing on the Ocean of Storms
The Apollo 12 landing site in Oceanus Procellarum imaged during the second LRO low-altitude campaign. Image width is 225 m, NAC Image M175428601R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 06 Mar 2012
Follow the Tracks
Apollo 15 landing site imaged from an altitude of 25 km (M175252641L,R) allowing an even higher resolution view! The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) is parked to the far right, and the Lunar Module descent stage is in the center, LRV tracks...
Published on 05 Mar 2012
Impact Melt Pit
A melt pit inside an unnamed crater. Image width is 480 m, NAC frame M176082220L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 02 Mar 2012
Sunset Boulder
A tall boulder on the floor of a crater catches a few last rays of light at sunset. Image width is 620 m, NAC frame M134442210R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 01 Mar 2012
Dense Fractures
Fractures at the edge of an impact melt pool within the crater Larmor Q. Image width is 540 m, NAC frame M151726155R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 29 Feb 2012
Impact Melt Boundary
Dry debris flows terminate on the cracked and bouldery melt sheet in Moltke. A textural change marks the boundary between crater wall and impact melt deposits embaying the crater floor. Image width is 1100 m, LROC NAC M122591558L...
Published on 24 Feb 2012
Not so Simple!
A step is present in between a small crater's floor and rim. The crater also displays a high density of boulders on its surface. Image width is 330 m, LROC NAC M122700360L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 22 Feb 2012
Rim on a Rim
A small fresh crater is positioned on the rim of Hermann B crater. Material slides down the crater wall to the crater's center, creating small headscarps along the rim. Image width is 650 m, LROC NAC M117867678RE [NASA/GSFC/Arizona...
Published on 21 Feb 2012
Cracked mound
Top of a mound with fractured impact melt located on the floor of Anaxagoras crater. Image width is 600 meters. Sunlight is from the bottom-left, NAC M122273232L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 16 Feb 2012
Kagami-mochi on the Moon!
Mound on the floor of Antoniadi crater floor. Image width is 1.03 km. Sunlight is from the top of this image. M154024477R, image center latitude 69.380°S, longitude 184.678°E [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 15 Feb 2012
Impact melt channel
Impact melt channel 2.5 km from the rim of Petavius B crater. Down-slope is to the bottom, image width is 1.02 km, Sun is from right, M115937523R, image center latitude 20.350°S, longitude 57.371°E [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 14 Feb 2012
Shattering Consequences
Debris of variable reflectivity and size litters the floor of a small crater in the nearside lunar highlands. Illumination is from the south, image is ~410 m across; NAC image M170334512L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 09 Feb 2012
Outcrops in Laplace A
Debris flows and outcrops exposed in the walls of Laplace A crater. Illumination from southwest, image is ~525 m across, down-slope is to the right, LROC NAC M137725771R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 08 Feb 2012
A Recent Journey
A large boulder stopped on its way down a sloping wall in the central peak complex of Schiller crater (51.8°S, 40.0°W). Illumination from the north, image is ~500 m across, NAC M109502471L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 07 Feb 2012
Shield Volcanoes in Lacus Veris!
Wrinkle-ridges in mare basalts? Nope! These step-like features are located on the flanks of a shield volcano! Down-slope to the lower right, LROC NAC image M166406436R, image width is 728 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 02 Feb 2012
Fractures in Ohm's Melt
A thin layer of regolith covers fractures ~18 m wide in the Ohm crater impact melt pond. LROC NAC M166582212R, image width is 793 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 01 Feb 2012
On the Floor of Thales
Contact between channelized impact melt (upper left) and fractured melt (lower right) on the floor of Thales crater. Crater floor is at lower right, LROC NAC image M170218508L, image width is 700 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 31 Jan 2012
Pytheas
A lovely combination of layered mare basalt, granular flow, and talus. The top of the image is down-slope. LROC NAC image M170694505L, image width is 735 m, pixel scale of 0.49 m/px [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 26 Jan 2012
Dawes
Layers of mare basalt affected the paths of granular material that flowed down the crater wall. The top of the image is down-slope. LROC NAC M157418698R, image width is 546 m, pixel scale is 0.4 m/px [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 25 Jan 2012