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Relative age relationships
A wrinkle ridge cross-cuts and deforms an impact crater in northeast Mare Imbrium. Deformed impact crater is ~330 m in diameter, LROC NAC M104540211RE, image width is 1.7 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 12 Jul 2011
Zebra Stripes
Boulders decorate the slopes of this wrinkle ridge in southern Oceanus Procellarum. Image number M135507772R, incidence angle 56°, image scale is 0.5 m/pixel [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 29 Jun 2011
Ghost Crater in Southern Mare Crisium!
Crest of a wrinkle ridge in Mare Crisium lined with boulders that have most likely weathered out of the summit. LROC NAC M150138095LE, image width is 500 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 23 Jun 2011
Jenner Crater: Mare Flooded Floor
A nascent 15 km wrinkle ridge in Jenner crater. Wrinkle ridges help lunar scientists understand the stresses affecting a region. LROC NAC M115693540LE, image width is 1350 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 21 Jun 2011
Impact melt in Anaxagoras crater
Boulders clustered on a positive relief bulge in an impact melt deposit on the floor of Anaxagoras crater (73.5°N, 349.7°E); most of the boulders are 10 - 30 m across. LROC NAC M155309869R, image width is 910 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State...
Published on 31 May 2011
Wrinkled Planet
Intricate fault patterns enhanced by dawn lighting in Seares crater (Sun is shining from lower right). North is up, image width is 2800 meters, M130681684LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 02 May 2011
Forked wrinkle ridge
A wrinkle ridge in Oceanus Procellarum forks into two segments. Similar to many other wrinkle ridges, boulders are clustered on the ridge crest. LROC NAC M148536523L, image width is 720 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 26 Apr 2011
Brisbane Z's Australean wrinkle ridge
A beautiful wrinkle ridge within Brisbane Z crater in Mare Australe. Image width is 500 m and illumination is from the left, LROC NAC M134714924L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 14 Apr 2011
Bright ridge near Mons Hansteen
Portion of wrinkle ridge extending from Mons Hansteen to the northeast. Illumination is from left, incidence angle is 26°, image width is 550 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 08 Apr 2011
Boulder clusters on a ridge crest
Boulders ~1 - 6 m in diameter cluster on a wrinkle ridge crest in Oceanus Procellarum. Image is 600 m across, LROC NAC M148536582R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 24 Mar 2011
Buckland Boulders
The two white arrows point to a likely outcrop of bedrock in this wrinkle ridge. LROC NAC M109141090L, image is 0.5 m/pixel, incidence angle is 21° [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 09 Mar 2011
Sinuous Chain of Depressions
A single depression from a larger sinuous chain of pits located at 34.6°N, 43.5°W in NAC frame M102443238R. This chain may host uncollapsed lava tubes between the depressions that are suitable for human habitation. Image is 1.5 km wide...
Published on 17 Feb 2011
Wrinkle Ridges in Aitken Crater!
Mare basalts and hummocky ejecta both displaying wrinkle ridges in Aitken crater. NAC M105730242, image width is 1.6 km, Sun is from upper left [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 20 Jan 2011
Sinus Iridum - Next Destination?
LROC WAC topography of Sinus Iridum, blue shows the lowest areas and red the highest. From promontory to promontory Sinus Iridum is 235 km across [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 15 Oct 2010
Wrinkle ridge in Oceanus Procellarum
Exposed boulders are clustered on the crest of a sharply defined wrinkle ridge, much like sprinkles on an ice cream cone. Image width is 680 m and illumination is from the lower left in LROC NAC M117881169R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State...
Published on 02 Jul 2010
Constellation Region of Interest at Mare Tranquillitatis
Close up of a northwest trending wrinkle ridge in the high-Ti basaltic lava plains of Mare Tranquillitatis, near a Constellation region of interest. The bright areas along the steepest parts of the ridge are places where less mature...
Published on 27 Apr 2010
Crisium's Constellation Region of Interest
Boulders on a wrinkle ridge in Mare Crisium may help us understand the geology of this Constellation region of interest. The scene is 460 meters across; image number M119469420LE [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 11 Mar 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...
Published on 12 Jan 2010
Wrinkle Ridge Near Montes Teneriffe
Boulders perched atop a wrinkle ridge in Mare Imbrium west of the Montes Teneriffe. Image width is 2 km, NAC frame M102264014RE [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 29 Dec 2009
Wrinkle ridges of northwest Mare Imbrium.
A northeast-trending wrinkle ridge cuts across the plains of Mare Imbrium. The overall ridge is about 4.5 km wide. The contact between the ridge (right) and the surrounding mare basalt plains (left) runs diagonally up the image...
Published on 14 Dec 2009