Images Featured Sites Quickmap Videos Gigapan Exhibits Exciting New Images from The LROC Team. Total posts from Albedo 56 Search Casting a Long Shadow Sun angle profoundly affects the surface features of the Chang'e 3 landing site. When the Sun is higher in the sky (low incidence angle), the tracks left by the Yutu rover and the bright blast zone around the lander are most visible. But when the Sun is lower in the sky (high incidence angle), the long distinctive shadows cast by the lander are more prominent. Each month when LROC acquired a new image of the landing site, the Sun's position in the sky was different. Images: M1147290066 (17 Feb 2014), M1149645693R (16 Mar 2014), M1152001999R (13 Apr 2014), and M1154358210R (10 May 2014); images are enlarged by a factor of two [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 09 Oct 2014 Two Faces of Mars (from the Moon) Moon-facing hemisphere of Mars on 8 May 2014 at 14:27:04 UTC seen from lunar orbit! Instruments on LRO sometimes use stars and planets for calibration or other special observations. During one of these off-Moon observations, LROC imaged Mars. This Moon-facing hemisphere of Mars has a dark (low albedo) feature on the west limb (left) that is Acidalia Planitia, and the bright (high albedo) region on the east limb (right) is Arabia Terra. LROC NAC M1154198455R is enlarged by a factor of 7 [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 30 Sep 2014 Striped Crater Dark mantle deposits decorate a crater wall. Slowly pulled downhill by gravity, the volcanic glasses that compose these stripes where formed during explosive volcanic eruptions on the Moon. The scene is 952m wide from NAC image M1101259668L; north is up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 25 Aug 2014 Banded Slump in Berzelius W A complex interplay of slumping and slides in the northwest wall of Berzelius W result in banding patterns; downslope is toward the bottom right. LROC NAC M174921824R; image width 600 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 24 Jul 2014 A Colorful History of Floor-Fractured Komarov A small, fresh crater dots the wall of a fracture in the floor of Komarov crater. Image taken from LROC NAC frame M130653607. Image width is approximately 2.5 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 23 Jan 2014 It Is All Downhill From Here LROC NAC image (M1131216329LR) of the southeast wall of Dugan J, where material flowed downward and came to rest at the base of the crater wall. Image is ~2 km wide [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 12 Nov 2013 Looking East Over Reiner Gamma LROC NAC oblique image looking west to east over the Reiner Gamma Formation (7.409°N, 300.972°E, north is to the left). Image is ~22 km wide (M1127569280). Arrows highlight a scarp formed by thrust faulting [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 19 Sep 2013 Wrinkled Reiner Gamma LROC NAC color shaded relief (centered at 301.240°E, 7.416°N) showing part of a wrinkle ridge crosscutting the Reiner Gamma formation. Color represents elevation; derived from NAC DTM "REINER4" [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 17 Sep 2013 Bright and Dark Ejecta A relatively recent impact event distributed ejecta across the lunar surface. Smaller craters punch through the ejecta to reveal a darker substrate. LROC NAC M139782204LE, image width is 500 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 10 Sep 2013 Boulders In The Sea Of Serenity A wrinkle ridge in western Mare Serenitatis is littered with boulders and high-albedo (bright) areas. Image is ~1.5 km across, NAC M106826896L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 09 Jan 2013 Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next ← Previous Next → Displaying Post 21 - 30 of 56 in total