Seen here is a lava-carved channel within another lava-carved channel on the Moon!
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Watch the Moon in 3D, thanks to NASA LRO
Put on your 3D glasses. đïž
Continue reading “Watch the Moon in 3D, thanks to NASA LRO”The tiniest of impact craters [Guest post]
When we think about craters on the Moon, we usually think of ones that can be seen with a telescope. But there are also ones we can only see with a microscope, like todayâs featured image of a micro-sized crater on a Moon rock!
Continue reading “The tiniest of impact craters [Guest post]”The central mountain of Bullialdus and finding water on it
Seen here is the central mountain of the crater Bullialdus. Its composition offers a peak (pun intended) into the lunar interior.
Continue reading “The central mountain of Bullialdus and finding water on it”Huge, peak-ringed Apollo crater
Seen here is the huge Apollo crater on the Moon’s farside, named after the incredibly successful Apollo landing missions.
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Seen here are fluid lava flows on the Moon, in the young crater of Pytheas.
Continue reading “Cone-shaped lava flows at Pytheas”A peak at Hadley
Seen here the 4 km tall and 25 km wide Haldey mountain as captured from orbit by Apollo 15.
Continue reading “A peak at Hadley”Swirls of Mare Ingenii
Swirls are a rare lunar surface feature, bright and curvy shapes on the lunar soil. Seen below are a swarm of lunar swirls in the Ingenii crater.
Continue reading “Swirls of Mare Ingenii”The dynamic terrain of Aitken crater
Seen here is the large Aitken crater on the farside of the Moon, hosting a complex array of terrain features.
Continue reading “The dynamic terrain of Aitken crater”Stories of Apollo landing sites
On the occasion of Apollo’s 50th anniversary last week, here is a special edition of Moon Monday to learn about several Apollo landing sites.
Continue reading “Stories of Apollo landing sites”Apollo 11 landing site (50th anniversary special)
On July 20, 1969, NASA put two astronauts on the Moon. They chose to land the Apollo 11 spacecraft in a plain, not so rocky region called the Sea of Tranquility for primarily engineering simplicity. Nevertheless, the landing site had interesting scientific benefits as well.
Continue reading “Apollo 11 landing site (50th anniversary special)”Chandrayaan 2 landing site in the southern highlands
Seen here is the targeted landing region for India’s first ever soft landing Moon mission, Chandrayaan 2. The spacecraft will launch on July 15, 2019.
Continue reading “Chandrayaan 2 landing site in the southern highlands”Facing lava on three sides – Promontorium Heraclides
Much like capes and headlands on Earth face the sea on three sides, âPromontorium Heraclidesâ is surrounded by lava plains on the Moon!
Continue reading “Facing lava on three sides – Promontorium Heraclides”Outstanding crater chains of Orientale
Seen here are chains of craters surrounding the incredible Orientale basin.
Continue reading “Outstanding crater chains of Orientale”The crowned crater of Schrödinger
Seen here is the spectacular Schrödinger crater with its crown shaped mountain ring rising high above the lunar surface. <3
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