Featured Images

Pytheas

A lovely combination of layered mare basalt, granular flow, and talus. The top of the image is down-slope. LROC NAC image M170694505L, image width is 735 m, pixel scale of 0.49 m/px [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 26 Jan 2012

Dawes

Layers of mare basalt affected the paths of granular material that flowed down the crater wall. The top of the image is down-slope. LROC NAC M157418698R, image width is 546 m, pixel scale is 0.4 m/px [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 25 Jan 2012

Brayley G

This small crater is perched on the edge of something much more extraordinary. Read on to discover more! LROC NAC frame M175515801L, 30 cm pixel scale, image is 300 meters across [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 24 Jan 2012

Lichtenberg B Flow

Starting at the rim of the crater Lichtenberg B, impact melt flowed and formed a channel, pushing boulders aside in the process. LROC NAC M120257109R, image width is 430 m, incidence angle is 57° [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 30 Nov 2011

Marius A

Layered basalt on the wall of Marius A crater partially covered by debris. The crater rim is to the right of the image, and the floor of the crater is to the left. LROC NAC M137848463R, image width is 460 m, incidence angle is...

Published on 29 Nov 2011

Two of these things are not like the others

The rim of a fracture inside the crater Sarton Y. To the left of the rim is outside the fracture, and to the right of the rim is inside the fracture. Image width is 825 meters, LROC NAC frame M140697409L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State...

Published on 27 Oct 2011

Extensional Fractures

Narrow fractures extend across the lunar surface. LROC NAC frame M168007062L, image width is 550 meters [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 26 Oct 2011

Posidonius Y

A boulder perched on the rim of a Copernican crater in Mare Serenitatis. NAC frame number M168041107L, image width is 250 meters [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 25 Oct 2011

Atlas

 The interior of a crater-floor fracture within Atlas crater. Image number M157303976L, incidence angle 47°, image scale 0.5 m/pixels [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 26 Aug 2011

Outside of Giordano Bruno

Ejecta flows outside of Giordano Bruno crater. Sun direction is from right to left. Image number M161646501R, incidence angle 71°, image scale 0.55 m/pixels [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 25 Aug 2011

Dichotomy

Dark material on the wall of a Copernican crater. The center of the crater is to the lower left. Image number M135847041R, incidence angle 53°, image scale 0.53 m/pixel [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 24 Aug 2011

Impact melt tongue

A bouldery tongue of impact melt in Jackson crater. Image number M133892450L, incidence angle 75°, image scale 0.83 m/pixels [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 11 Aug 2011

Channelized impact melt

Channelized impact melt flow cut through pre-existing rock. Image number M103216633L, incidence angle 68°, image scale 1.4 m/pixels, sunlight direction is from the left [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 10 Aug 2011

Waves

Waves of impact melt in Jackson crater. Sun direction is from the lower right hand corner. Image number M112658386R, incidence angle 46°, image scale 0.54 m/pixels [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 09 Aug 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

Old Man River (of Lava)

A tight turn in a sinuous rille. Could you drive a SUV sized rover through it? Probably, it's flat on the bottom. Just watch out for house-sized boulders. Image number M157934151L, incidence angle 35°, image is 1.75 km across...

Published on 28 Jun 2011

Fractured Impact Melt

Cracks in impact melt inside Thales crater. The smooth impact melt is fractured and then sprinkled with boulders from the neighboring slope. LROC NAC M157270357R, image scale is 0.53 meters/pixel, incidence angle is 62°...

Published on 26 May 2011

Granular Flow

A dry flow of boulders down the slope of Riccioli CA's inner wall. Slope direction is from the bottom right hand corner to the upper left hand corner. LROC NAC M112074670R, image scale is 0.5 meters/pixel, incidence angle is...

Published on 25 May 2011

Action Shot

Fresh ejecta blanket of an unnamed 1 km diameter crater. Image number M154813223R, incidence angle 13°, image is 750 meters across [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 21 Apr 2011

Slice of Mare

Wedge-shaped asymmetrical ejecta pattern surrounding a ~1 km diameter mare crater. Image M154799629R width is 2 km and north is up, 0.5 m/pixel scale [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 20 Apr 2011