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.

A peak at Hadley

Seen here the 4 km tall and 25 km wide Haldey mountain as captured from orbit by Apollo 15.

Seen here is the central mountain of the crater Bullialdus. Its composition offers a peak (pun intended) into the lunar interior.

Seen here is the spectacular Schrödinger crater with its crown shaped mountain ring rising high above the lunar surface. <3

Much like capes and headlands on Earth face the sea on three sides, “Promontorium Heraclides” is surrounded by lava plains on the Moon!

Seen here is the spectacular Copernicus crater with its central peaks. They allow a peak (pun intended) into the lunar interior.

Standing tall at 8.8 km, Zeeman Mons on the Moon competes with Earth’s Mount Everest.

Seen here is the 77 km wide King crater on the lunar farside, formed as a result of a large asteroid-sized body colliding with the Moon. Continue reading “Y-shaped mountains in King crater” →

Seen here is the striking multi-ring impact basin stretching 930 km in diameter, called Mare Orientale. Continue reading “Outstanding Orientale – Multi-ring basin on the Moon” →

Seen here is part of the volcanic mountain range Montes Carpatus, the full range stretching 361 km across the Moon. Continue reading “Volcanic rock land of Montes Carpatus” →

Seen here is a broad mountain, the South Massif, that borders the Taurus Littrow Valley where the Apollo 17 astronauts landed. Continue reading “Landslide on the Moon” →

Seen here are two volcanic domes which are unlike most other places on the Moon in terms of their composition. Continue reading “Unique volcanic domes of Gruithuisen” →