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LRO-1004-392792main_1024_768_GeminiNorth_NightBeforeImpact_full.jpgLCROSS impacting the Moon76 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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LRO-1005-392781main_800_600_NMSU_3_5m_Agile_preimpact_full.jpgLCROSS impacting the Moon64 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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LRO-1006-392811main_vlcsnap-2009-10-09-04h20m01s95_full.jpgLCROSS impacting the Moon58 visiteThe LCROSS mission operations team initiated power-up of the LCROSS science payload and saw this view of the Moon.MareKromium
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LRO-0007-375109main_lroc_20090730_burgcrater_full.jpgInside Bürg Crater67 visiteBürg is a 40-Km (about 25 miles) diameter, Copernican-aged, complex crater located within Lacus Mortis (the Lake of Death), on the Near-Side of the Moon.
Complex craters, like this one, have terraced walls and a Central Peak (not shown here). The Rim of the crater is along the right side and the walls slope down towards the left of the image.
The terrace is about 3,5 Km (about 2,2 miles) wide and is pockmarked with smaller craters. Terraces form as sections of the Crater wall slump downward after the impact (image width: about 7,9 Km across, roughly 4,9 miles).
Note that there are very few impact craters on the wall of the Crater. Usually fewer craters indicate a surface is younger, however in this case it's simply that material slides down the crater wall's steep slopes, erasing craters.
Note also that LROC, LRO's camera, is powerful enough to see a shadow cast by a boulder about 8 mt wide (about 26 feet) at the contact between the wall and the terrace near the top of the figure.MareKromium
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LRO-0008-376470main_tsiol438_lr_area.jpgTsiolkovskiy Crater73 visiteThe Far-Side Crater Tsiolkovskiy is one of the most spectacular and unique geologic features on the Moon.
Identified in the first image of the Far-Side, and named after visionary space pioneer Konstantin Tsiolkovskiy, Tsiolkovskiy Crater (185 Km diameter) has a an irregular (meaning: non-circular) shape, a Central Peak, and is completely filled with mare basalt.
Many geological and geomorphological features can be seen within and around the Crater, making this a particularly interesting place on the Moon to work and study.MareKromium
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LRO-0009-369230main_apollolandinglocator_full.jpgWhere did we go?!?93 visite...Un utile "Promemoria"...MareKromium
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LRO-0006b-369442main_lroc_apollo15_lrg.jpgMount Hadley: the Apollo 15 Landing Site (edm)97 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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LRO-0007b-369443main_lroc_apollo16_lrg.jpgDescartes Highlands: the Apollo 16 Landing Site (edm)72 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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LRO-0004a-369441main_lroc_apollo14_lrg.jpgFra Mauro: the Apollo 14 Landing Site (ctx frame)88 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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LRO-0005b-369228main_ap14labeled_540.jpgFra Mauro: the Apollo 14 Landing Site (edm - labeled)67 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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LRO-0006a-369442main_lroc_apollo15_lrg.jpgMount Hadley: the Apollo 15 Landing Site (ctx frame)59 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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LRO-0007a-369443main_lroc_apollo16_lrg.jpgDescartes Highlands: the Apollo 16 Landing Site (ctx frame)56 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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