Featured Images
Gassendi's Central Peak
Close up of a boulder (25 meters or two school buses wide) on the central peak of crater Gassendi. LROC NAC frame M109495053R, image width is 450 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 03 Nov 2010
Americas from the Moon
The western hemisphere of our home planet Earth. North (upper left), Central, and South America (lower right) were nicely free of clouds when LRO pointed home on 9 August 2010 to acquire this beautiful view! LROC NAC E136013771...
Published on 15 Sep 2010
Color of the Moon
The LROC WAC is busily mapping the Moon in 7 UV and visible wavelengths (320 nm through 689 nm). This color composite shows 320 nm light in blue, 415 nm in green and 689 nm in red, scene is ~1000 km wide [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State...
Published on 10 Sep 2010
Natural Bridge on the Moon!
Another amazing bit of lunar geology revealed by LROC! NAC M113168034R, north is up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 07 Sep 2010
A Dark Cascade at Sulpicius Gallus
LROC NAC close-up of the wall of a suspected volcanic vent within the regional pyroclastic deposit near Sulpicius Gallus. Image M124505982R, view is 517 m across [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 22 Jul 2010
Mare Humboldtianum Constellation region of interest
Small crater and associated boulders near the center of the Constellation region of interest in Mare Humboldtianum, located at the mare-highlands boundary. Note the different textures of the highlands (in the lower left) and the mare...
Published on 03 Jun 2010
Hole in One!
A house-sized boulder (10 m diameter) rolled down-hill, scoring a hole in one (~60 m diameter crater)! Portion of LROC NAC M122597190L, image width is 500 m across [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 19 May 2010
Rima Bode: Constellation region of interest
LROC NAC closeup of a small fresh crater (230 m across) with very dark ejecta within the regional pyroclastic deposit in the highlands near Rima Bode II. This site is near a NASA Constellation region of interest. This crater has...
Published on 18 May 2010
Retracing the Steps of Apollo 15: Constellation Region of Interest
The third and final EVA of Apollo 15 brought the astronauts to the edge of Hadley Rille (lower left). Disturbed regolith is observed along the crater rim at station 9 and at the edge of the rille at station 9A. Rover tracks are visible...
Published on 16 Apr 2010
Alphonsus crater mantled floor fracture
LROC NAC closeup of a fracture in the floor of Alphonsus crater. Dark pyroclastic materials are intermixed with lighter rocks and boulders from the fracture walls and all appear to have moved in streamers toward the fracture floor at...
Published on 02 Apr 2010
Aristarchus Plateau (2): Pyroclastic Deposit
NAC Frame M111945148R. Part of the vast pyroclastic deposit near a Constellation Program Region of Interest located on the Aristarchus plateau is visible in this image. View is 537 m across [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 21 Jan 2010
The Floor of Tycho - Constellation Region of Interest
Boulders and impact melt line the floor of the 85-km crater Tycho, a potential site for future human exploration. Scene width is 620 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 14 Jan 2010
Exploring the Apollo 17 Site
The Apollo 17 Lunar Module Challenger descent stage comes into focus from the new lower 50-km mapping orbit, image width is 102 meters [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 28 Oct 2009
Bouncing, Bounding Boulders!
Many boulder trails are found on the lunar crater walls and basin massifs. Some of the trails are smooth and nearly straight while others are curvy or gouge into the surface. In many cases by following a boulder's trail you are led back...
Published on 15 Oct 2009
Uplift, Boulders of Tsiolkovskiy
Boulders perched on the summit of the central peak of Tsiolkovskiy crater [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 01 Sep 2009
Bright Crater Rays and Boulders
Small (250 m diameter) fresh impact crater surrounded by an asymmetrical bright ejecta blanket [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 03 Aug 2009
The Moon in 3D
Spectacular view of Lee Lincoln scarp obtained in stereo by imaging off-nadir (looking off to the side) from two adjacent orbits. Scene is approximately 2.7 km across [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 21 Jul 2009
LROC’s First Look at the Apollo Landing Sites
Four times enlargement of an uncalibrated LROC NAC image showing the Apollo 14 lunar module (LM Antares) and the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package (ALSEP). Note the astronaut tracks between the two artifacts [NASA/GSFC/Arizona...
Published on 16 Jul 2009