Images Featured Sites Quickmap Videos Gigapan Exhibits Exciting New Images from The LROC Team. Total posts from Swirls 17 Search Giordano Bruno Whorl Impact melt forms a swirled feature in Giordano Bruno crater. Image width is 1 km, LROC NAC M143947267L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 07 Jun 2013 The Swirls of Mare Ingenii An oblique view of Mare Ingenii and the swirl that marks its floor. Scene is approximately 15 km across (subsampled from the native resolution); NAC images M191830503L,R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 20 Jun 2012 Reiner Gamma Constellation Region of Interest The heart of the Constellation region of interest in the Reiner Gamma swirl. Astronauts exploring this region will address longstanding questions about the origins of this distinctive natural feature. Image width is 510 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 29 Jun 2010 Depths of Mare Ingenii Impact craters are visible everywhere on the Moon, but pits are rare. This pit in Mare Ingenii (located at 35.95°S, 166.06°E) is about 130 m in diameter! Image width is 550 m, illumination is from the upper right, NAC M128202846LE [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 16 Jun 2010 Lunar Swirls at the Mare Ingenii Constellation Region of Interest Close-up image of the Mare Ingenii Constellation region of interest. Mare Ingenii is one of the few mare basalt deposits on the farside of the Moon and it contains rare lunar swirls. Image width is 800 meters [LROC-NAC M105795162R; NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 25 May 2010 Van de Graaff Constellation Crater wall Region of Interest Wall of crater Van de Graaff C, where brighter material is exposed by more active processes associated with steeper slopes, recent small craters, and even individual rolling boulders. NAC image 112822306, image width 0.68 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 10 Feb 2010 Aitken Crater Constellation Program Region of Interest A lobate scarp in the mare basalts of Aitken crater on the lunar farside (arrows). Aitken crater is one of the fifty regions of interest in NASA’s Constellation Program. The smooth mare basalts that flooded the floor of Aitken crater are relatively few on the lunar farside. Mare basalts often have wrinkle ridges and lobate scarps, tectonic landforms that express contraction of the volcanic flows. Future astronauts who might visit Aitken crater will explore this landform in search of clues to how this and other lobate scarps form. Image width is 4.5 km, NAC frame M103374879RE [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 12 Jan 2010 Prev 1 2 Next ← Previous Next → Displaying Post 11 - 17 of 17 in total