Images Featured Sites Quickmap Videos Gigapan Exhibits Exciting New Images from The LROC Team. Total posts from Topography 146 Search NAC Anaglyph: Mare Shoreline in Apollo Basin A portion of the southwestern mare "shoreline" in the Apollo basin on the farside. This contact between ancient lava plains and a remnant crater rim shows the lunar surface as a land of contrasts -- of expansive plains and jutting mountain peaks [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 30 Jun 2017 NAC Anaglyph: van den Bos Crater van den Bos is a small (22 km) floor-fractured crater on the lunar farside. The shallow floor of the crater is crossed with fractures rougly concentric to the crater walls. [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 23 Jun 2017 NAC Anaglyph: Dorsa Whiston A distinctive wrinkle ridge in Oceanus Procellarum named Dorsa Whiston. Ridges like this one result from substantial compression within portions of the lunar maria [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 12 May 2017 Tycho Limb Shot! Magnificent oblique view of the eastern side of Tycho's central peak acquired when the Sun was relatively high above the horizon. From the viewpoint of LROC the Sun was behind and a bit to the north, so shadows are mostly hidden, thus subtle changes in surface brightness dominate the scene. Image width ~8 km, north is to the right, M1167178525LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 27 Apr 2017 NAC Anaglyph: Maunder Central Peak Maunder Central Peak - created when Maunder crater (55 km in diameter) was formed. The central portion of the crater was initially compressed, then subsequently rebounded to form these large peaks which rise over a kilometer above the floor of the crater. [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 07 Apr 2017 NAC Anaglyph: Manners Crater Fresh material (bright streaks) is exposed along the wall of the relatively young Manners crater [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 31 Mar 2017 NAC Anaglyph: Mature 4 km crater in southern Mare Fecunditatis Mature 4 km crater in southern Mare Fecunditatis. The irregular formation to the southwest is probably a secondary crater from crater Langrenus, 200+ km to the north-northeast [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 24 Mar 2017 NAC Anaglyph: "Bathtub Ring" of Lava The pit-like Bawa crater (off-center left) is located on the edge of Lacus Solitudinus. The pit is congested with old lava and spiny, razerback ridges. The ridges are composed of debris that slumped from the upslope (western) wall above Bawa. The old lava flows here formed into a "bathtub ring" morphology, suggesting a "high water mark" where lava once rose and splashed within the low-lying area that makes up Lacus Solitudinus [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 17 Mar 2017 NAC Anaglyph: Dorsum Cloos Dorsum Cloos -- a wrinkle ridge signifying that substantial forces within the rocks have led to folding and faulting in eastern Mare Smythii [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 10 Mar 2017 NAC Anaglyph: Mare Frigoris Wrinkle Ridges Wrinkle Ridges in Mare Frigoris - Wrinkle ridges are a response to a local mass concentration, while others, as in this case, may be due to global contractional stress [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 03 Mar 2017 Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 … 15 Next ← Previous Next → Displaying Post 41 - 50 of 146 in total