Seen here is a lava-carved channel within another lava-carved channel on the Moon!
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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.
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Seen here are fluid lava flows on the Moon, in the young crater of Pytheas.
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Seen here is the huge Apollo crater on the Moon’s farside, named after the incredibly successful Apollo landing missions.
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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 today’s featured image of a micro-sized crater on a Moon rock!
Continue reading “The tiniest of impact craters [Guest post]”A peak at Hadley
Seen here the 4 km tall and 25 km wide Haldey mountain as captured from orbit by Apollo 15.
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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”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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On the occasion of Apollo’s 50th anniversary last week, here is a special edition to learn about several Apollo landing sites.
Continue reading “Stories of Apollo landing sites”Facing lava on three sides – Promontorium Heraclides
Much like capes and headlands on Earth face the sea on three sides, “Promontorium Heraclides” 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.
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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”The Moon has wrinkles! – Dorsum Zirkel
Here’s a long-running wrinkled ridge on the Moon called Dorsum Zirkel, in the vast lava plains of Mare Imbrium.
Continue reading “The Moon has wrinkles! – Dorsum Zirkel”What does a fresh crater look like? Hell
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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