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AS 16-120-19266 - The "Playa" of King Crater
The Apollo 16 Astronauts captured this spectacular view of the large dark "pool" on the North flank of the crater King as they approached from the East. 
The pool (also known as a "lake", "pond" or "playa") is in an old crater swamped by King ejecta. The maximum width of the pool is about 21 Km. The peculiar dark material that forms the large pool and also coats adjacent hills was first discovered on Apollo 10 and was later seen again from Apollo 14. 
The most exciting part of the discovery had to wait until the mapping and Panoramic Cameras of Apollo 16 showed that this material contains some of the freshest and most spectacular flow structures on the Moon. 
These structures, some of which are seen in the following figures, show that the material behaved like lava. 
The material is very similar in appearance to that filling parts of the floor of King.
Parole chiave: The Moon from orbit - Craters - King

AS 16-120-19266 - The "Playa" of King Crater

The Apollo 16 Astronauts captured this spectacular view of the large dark "pool" on the North flank of the crater King as they approached from the East.
The pool (also known as a "lake", "pond" or "playa") is in an old crater swamped by King ejecta. The maximum width of the pool is about 21 Km. The peculiar dark material that forms the large pool and also coats adjacent hills was first discovered on Apollo 10 and was later seen again from Apollo 14.
The most exciting part of the discovery had to wait until the mapping and Panoramic Cameras of Apollo 16 showed that this material contains some of the freshest and most spectacular flow structures on the Moon.
These structures, some of which are seen in the following figures, show that the material behaved like lava.
The material is very similar in appearance to that filling parts of the floor of King.

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Nome album:The Lunar Surface in HR
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Parole chiave:The / Moon / from / orbit / - / Craters / - / King
Copyright:NASA - Apollo Programme - Apollo 16
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