Images Featured Sites Quickmap Videos Gigapan Exhibits Exciting New Images from The LROC Team. Total posts from Topography 146 Search NAC Anaglyph: Rima Sharp A bend in Rima Sharp, a sinuous rille that can be traced more than 250 km and spans the boundary between mare-filled Sinus Roris (to the north) and Oceanus Procellarum (to the south) [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 26 Jan 2018 Polar Illumination Maps and More! New Reduced Data Records (RDRs) available as part of the 32nd Planetary Data System (PDS) release include two versions of the polar illumination maps for each pole. They include this time-weighted north pole illumination map that extends from 88ºN to the lunar north pole at 90ºN, as well as other new products. These maps show how much sunlight specific locations receive over the course of a lunar year. Areas that are nearly white are almost always in the sunlight, while black areas are Permanently Shadowed Regions (PSRs). [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 12 Jan 2018 Zowie! Looking down on the amazing central peak of Jackson crater, which rises 2000 meters above the crater floor. North is to the left; the area imaged measures 10 kilometers from left to right. NAC M1117602006LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 09 Jan 2018 Mountains of the Moon: Zeeman Mons The largest mountains on the Moon rival those of the Earth. Here Zeeman mons (informal name) rises more than 7,570 m (24,500 ft, 73.39°S, 213.31°E) above the floor of Zeeman crater, and the flank of Zeeman Y is just visible on the right side of the image. View looking to the west from an altitude of 33 km (21 miles); image M1224507290LR. [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University] Published on 19 Nov 2017 High Resolution Maps of the Moon A section of Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) Region of Interest (ROI) mosaic of Catena Littrow (22.23°N, 29.61°E) represents one of 12 new Reduced Data Records (RDRs) recently released as part of Volume 31 of the LROC Planetary Data System (PDS) archive. These beautiful products enable analyses of lunar landforms; for instance, this mosaic could be used to examine the interaction of tectonic and volcanic processes found in the area [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 31 Oct 2017 Probing the Lunar Surface Using Small Impact Craters A fresh impact crater with finely detailed ejecta patterns. How has this crater changed since it was formed? Can the shape of this crater tell us anything about the surface in which it formed? The crater cavity (centered at 20.870°S, 350.299°E) is roughly 185 m in diameter, LROC NAC M183588912R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 20 Oct 2017 NAC Anaglyph: Triesnecker Fractures A graben (a negative relief feature) in Sinus Medii that is part of a complex fracture system named Rimae Triesnecker, which represents deep tectonic deformatoin of the crust [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 22 Sep 2017 NAC Anaglyph: Tsiolkovskiy Crater Terrace A portion of the terraces that make up the southeastern wall of Tsiolkovskiy Crater. The "rough and tumble-down" appearance of the wall conveys the dynamic processes involved in impact cratering events of this magnitude [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 11 Aug 2017 NAC Anaglyph: Haldane Crater A fractured, bright, and fresh crater stands out on the floor of Haldane Crater, a 35 km diameter crater which has an unusual double-rim morphology on its eastern half. Possibly formed from a second, later impact [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 04 Aug 2017 'Shaping' Lunar Science with Vector Data Twenty new shapefiles created by the LROC Team are now available! A few of the shapefiles shown here include mare age units, footprints of digital terrain models (DTMs), and the locations of small geologic features such as irregular mare patches (IMPs) and lobate scarps [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 18 Jul 2017 Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 15 Next ← Previous Next → Displaying Post 31 - 40 of 146 in total