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Dynamics of Molten Rocks
A portion of the impact melt near the western rim of Mandel'shtam F crater. Image center is 0.130ºN, 165.822ºE, image width is 1182 m. NAC M189515239R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 09 Oct 2012
Byrgius A ejecta
A mix of boulders and impact melt lie just beyond the rim of Byrgius A crater. Image width is 1000 m, LROC NAC M1101631740LE [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 04 Oct 2012
Impact Melt Deposits On A Crater Rim
A grooved surface is covered by a sheet of impact melt that has several parallel scarps. Two blocky craters superpose the melt and might be low velocity self-secondaries. LROC NAC M1097865095RE, illumination is from the lower left...
Published on 02 Oct 2012
La Pérouse A Impact Melt
Solidified impact melt flows outside the crater La Pérouse A. NAC image M152390311R, image width 705 meters [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 19 Sep 2012
Veneer of Melt
A veneer of impact melt rock erodes away just north of Newcomb crater, in the lunar highlands. LROC NAC M162026367LE, image width is 700 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 14 Sep 2012
Rippled Pond
A melt pool on Tycho's northeastern wall has a rippled, somewhat wrinkly texture. Why might the surface look this way? NAC M185947368R, image width ~792 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 13 Sep 2012
Anaxagoras Exterior Melt
Exterior impact melt ponded to the east of Anaxagoras crater. NAC M185949707L, image width ~1.8 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 12 Sep 2012
Breached Levee
Impact melt breached a levee to flow down part of the terraced wall of Tycho. Downslope is toward image bottom, NAC M170634588L, image width is 500 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 11 Sep 2012
Young Highlands Crater
Two small melt flows solidified on the wall of a young crater, and melt pooled in its center. LROC NAC M188270580RE, image width is 700 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 22 Aug 2012
Louville D
Fractured impact melt with a probable impact melt pit inside the crater Louville D. LROC NAC image M142604009R, image width 490 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 16 Aug 2012
Giant Flow of Impact Melt
This giant flow of impact melt extends northward from a much larger mass of impact melt on the northern rim of the Tycho impact crater. This one section of the flow is more than 10 km long. LROC NAC M185954551R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State...
Published on 14 Aug 2012
Impacts on the Melts
Impact melt surface ejected from Necho crater. Image width is 620 m, LROC NAC M134374642L. Sunlight is from left side [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 01 Aug 2012
Copernicus Seen Looking Straight Down
Fractures and a collapse crater within impact melt rock on the floor of Copernicus crater. Image width is 1800 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 28 Jun 2012
River of Rock
A small section of an enormous, now frozen, river of impact melt that flowed down the southeastern flank of Tycho crater some 108 million years ago. NAC image M185940195RE [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 20 Jun 2012
Melt Boundary
Impact melt boundary at a wall slump in Milne N crater. Melt on the right, slump on left; NAC M169840154R, image width 500 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 05 Jun 2012
View From The Other Side
Summit of Tycho crater central peak seen from west-to-east; the rough material on the floor of the crater in the upper right formed as a massive pool of impact melt solidified. LROC NAC M181286769L,R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 21 May 2012
Boulder on the Edge
A boulder on the edge of a crater rim, partially covered with a veneer of impact melt. LROC NAC M169738975L, image width is 600 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 10 May 2012
Impact Melt Fingers
Impact melt from an unnamed lunar crater forms ghostly fingers stretching across the Moon's surface. LROC NAC frame M126091916L, image width is 560 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 08 May 2012
Melt on a Rim
Impact melt started to flow back into the crater cavity before it solidified. Downslope is to the upper right, image width is 500 m, NAC M170205366L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 03 May 2012
Scalelike Impact Melts
Impact melt sheets on the ejecta deposits of the crater Plato M. NAC M111700304R. Image width is 530 m. Image center is 53.276°N, 344.385°E. North is up. Incidence angle is 60° [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 19 Apr 2012