Much like capes and headlands on Earth face the sea on three sides, “Promontorium Heraclides” is surrounded by lava plains on the Moon!
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Seen here are chains of craters surrounding the incredible Orientale basin.
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Seen here is the spectacular Schrödinger crater with its crown shaped mountain ring rising high above the lunar surface. <3
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Here’s a long-running wrinkled ridge on the Moon called Dorsum Zirkel, in the vast lava plains of Mare Imbrium.
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Fresh impact craters on the Moon are a beautiful sight. Here’s one named Hell Q.
Continue reading “What does a fresh crater look like? Hell.”A fault on the Moon – Rupes Recta
Seen here is a geological “fault” on the Moon, called Rupes Recta, as seen from orbit by NASA’s Apollo 16.
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Here is a ghost crater, can you see it?
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Seen here is the landing site for SpaceIL’s lunar lander Beresheet, in the region of Mare Serenitatis.
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Seen here is the spectacular Copernicus crater with its central peaks. They allow a peak (pun intended) into the lunar interior.
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Seen here is an opening to a long underground channel in which lava once flowed. Enter the pit in Marius Hills!
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Seen here is the only large dark region on the lunar farside, called Mare Moscoviense.
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Standing tall at 8.8 km, Zeeman Mons on the Moon competes with Earth’s Mount Everest.
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