Images Featured Sites Quickmap Videos Gigapan Exhibits Exciting New Images from The LROC Team. Total posts from Ejecta 102 Search Boulder Tracks: Race to the Bottom of Chaplygin Crater! Boulders ejected from Chaplygin B crater rolled down the wall of the much larger Chaplygin crater (4.1ºS, 151.7ºE) leaving these spectacular tracks. Image 980 meters wide, north is up [NASA/GFSC/Arizona State University]. Published on 15 Jul 2021 A Rain of Rock A rain of rock carved these craters west of Vavilov crater. The ground here, which is elevated relative to the surrounding terrain, intersected with rock and other ejected debris excavated during the formation of Vavilov crater. The result was a tight cluster of irregular and V-shaped secondary craters about 2 to 2.5 km in diameter. NAC anaglyph M182123981_M182109685 [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 28 May 2020 Double Trouble: Messier A Messier A crater (2.039°S, 46.887°E, 10.6 km across from north to south) feature mosaic, created from NAC images M1188059614LR, M1188045553LR, and M1188052583LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 01 Apr 2020 Feature Mosaics: Behind the Seams A seamless mosaic of a portion of Karpinsky crater (91 km diameter, 72.61° N, 166.80°E) seamless mosaic. Scene is 55 km across, NAC images M1309496597L/R, M1309503618L/R, M1309510644L/R, M1309517669L/R, and M1309524696L/R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 16 Mar 2020 Order from Chaos — Blagg Crater Blagg crater, named for the British astronomer who helped bring order to lunar naming chaos, is full of surprises. Taken during morning with the Sun shining from the right (east), the image above shows an area of the Moon just 9.5 kilometers wide. LROC NAC image pair M192946338LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 16 Apr 2019 Chladni 225 Chladni crater (center lat 3.96°N, center lon 1.11°E) is a classic bowl-shaped "simple" lunar crater located in Sinus Medii ("central bay"). The image displays the north and east parts of the 13.1-kilometer-wide crater, including part of its surrounding ejecta blanket, upraised rim, and bright, steep interior wall. The central and eastern parts of its lumpy, crater-pocked floor are visible at lower left. Image width across the bottom is nine kilometers. NAC image pair M1190702052LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 21 Feb 2019 Lunar Beauty The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera imaged this bright young ray crater (3.13˚N, 281.07˚E) on 3 November 2018 — just three weeks ago. The Sun shone from the west (left, 48˚ incidence angle). This image covers an area 8.1 kilometers across. NAC image M12959100LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 20 Nov 2018 Cool Cold Spots Oblique (very!) view of Einthoven cold spot crater, located at 109.91° E, 6.74° S. White rays and the crater's rocky rim and rugged interior wall are visible signs of youth. The cold spot anomaly surrounding the crater is another sign of youth. It extends far beyond the three-kilometer width of this image, but is invisible to human eyes. NAC M1258299787L/R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University] Published on 21 Aug 2018 John Young at South Ray Crater Overhead view of South Ray crater, the most prominent feature at the Apollo 16 Descartes landing site in the central lunar highlands. Astronaut John Young landed Lunar Module Orion north of the crater on 21 April 1972 (UTC). Image is a little less than one kilometer wide and is centered at 9.1493°S, 15.3827°E. Image number M1149402618LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 05 Jul 2018 Self-Inflicted Secondaries? This portion of an impact melt flow at Aristarchus Crater, centered at 24.6°N, 321.1°E, includes modified small craters and overlapping melt flows. What do the shapes of craters on impact melt and the statistics derived through careful analysis of crater density tell us about the crater formation process and timing of subsequent events? Image is 1.38 km (0.86 mi) wide. Image NAC M181411224R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 29 Jun 2018 Prev 1 2 3 4 5 … 11 Next ← Previous Next → Displaying Post 1 - 10 of 102 in total