Featured Images
Astronaut's Eye View of Apollo 16 Site
Oblique LROC NAC image of the Apollo 16 landing site, viewpoint is east to west. South Ray crater is center left and North Ray crater is center right, distance between two crater centers is 10.5 km. LROC NAC M192817484LR...
Published on 19 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
Splish Splash
An impact melt veneer coating a large boulder, ~80 m wide by 120 m long - larger than a football field! Downslope to the right, NAC M169630027R, image width is 530 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 30 Mar 2012
Ryder Spectacular!
Boulders, slopes, and shadows inside Ryder Crater. Distance across base of shadow is about 1800 meters (NAC M176670797) [NASA/GSFC/ Arizona State University].
Published on 21 Mar 2012
Hadley Rille and the Mountains of the Moon
The NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter rolled to capture this dramatic oblique view of the Apollo 15 landing site. Hadley rille, a great chasm in the lunar surface, carves its way through the center of this scene [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State...
Published on 04 Nov 2011
Tycho Central Peak Spectacular!
Oblique view of summit area of Tycho crater central peak. The boulder in the background is 120 meters wide, and the image is about 1200 meters wide. LROC NAC M162350671L,R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 29 Jun 2011
Sublunarean void!
The LROC NAC acquired an oblique view of the Marius Hills pit with just the right angle to reveal an overhang! Pit is about 65 meters in diameter, M137929856R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 07 Feb 2011
Approaching Aitken Crater - Vertregt J
As LRO slewed to obliquely view Aitken crater (17 January Featured Image), the northern edge of Vertregt J was serendipitously captured by the NAC. North to the left, image is about 6 km wide [NASA/GSFC/ASU].
Published on 19 Jan 2011
Aitken Central Peak, Seen Obliquely
Southern end of Aitken crater central peak complex. The upper left is about 1000 meters above the crater floor, which is just seen at lower right. Bright material (high albedo) may be a landslide of local soil, or a secondary impact...
Published on 17 Jan 2011
Photogrammetric Processing of LROC NAC Stereo Images
High-resolution 3D Digital Terrain Model (DTM) of a lunar crater created from a LROC NAC stereo pair. The scale bar on the left is the elevation in meters [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University/Ohio State University].
Published on 12 Aug 2010
Intricate young ejecta blanket in ancient Murchison Crater
Overlapping petals of bright ejecta illustrate the complexity of ejecta emplacement, even in smaller impact events. The source crater is ~120 meters in diameter and lies on the floor of Murchison Crater, one of the Constellation...
Published on 09 Feb 2010
Commissioning Sequences Pave the Way
Several LROC NAC sequences were acquired looking across the illuminated limb to quantify scattered light. Not only were these excellent engineering test images but they also presented spectacular oblique views across the lunar surface...
Published on 21 Sep 2009