Featured Images

Lunar South Pole - Out of the Shadows
As the Moon heads into southern summer the region around the south pole is better seen by LROC. One of the many goals of the LRO mission is to improve our cartographic knowledge of the Moon. The location of the pole shown here (image...
Published on 17 Sep 2009

Timocharis Crater
The ejecta blanket and rim of Timocharis crater in southeastern Mare Imbrium. Image width is 7.2 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 09 Sep 2009

Who slammed the barn door?
LROC NAC frame M103259110L subset image of jitter distortions. Image width is approximately km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]
Published on 04 Sep 2009

First Look: Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3
First look at Apollo 12 landing site, the Lunar Module descent stage, Experiment package (ALSEP) and Surveyor 3 spacecraft are all visible along with astronaut tracks (unmarked arrows). Image is 824 meters wide, north up...
Published on 03 Sep 2009

Uplift, Boulders of Tsiolkovskiy
Boulders perched on the summit of the central peak of Tsiolkovskiy crater [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 01 Sep 2009

Recent impact!
Very young impact crater in Balmer basin. The dark streamers are impact melt splashes thrown out during the crater formation, image 1302 meters wide [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 31 Aug 2009

First LROC Stereo Results
Synthetic perspective view looking south from the Apollo 16 landing area, topography is rendered naturally (no vertical exaggeration) [NASA/GSFC/Ohio State University].
Published on 25 Aug 2009

Eternal Darkness Near the North Pole
Small portion of the rim of Erlanger crater (10 km in diameter). Much of its floor remains in permanent shadow due to its location near the north pole. Image width 2.65 km, north is up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 24 Aug 2009

Necho Crater
Cracks form in the impact melt sheet on the floor of Necho Crater. Image width is 1.04 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 21 Aug 2009

Trail of Discovery at Fra Mauro
Uncalibrated LROC NAC image of the Apollo 14 landing site and nearby Cone crater. The trail followed by the astronauts can clearly be discerned. Image width is 1.6 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 19 Aug 2009

Rille within a rille!
Sinuous rille winding its way across a much larger rille in the heart of the Aristarchus Plateau, image width 1.76 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 18 Aug 2009

Stream of Secondary Craters
LROC NAC frame showing a string of secondary craters from an impact crater to the north, probably Giordano Bruno. Image width is 4.5 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 05 Aug 2009

Hummocks and blocks and craters
Hummocks and blocks on the ejecta blanket of Tsiolkovskiy crater. Image width is 830 meters [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 04 Aug 2009

Bright Crater Rays and Boulders
Small (250 m diameter) fresh impact crater surrounded by an asymmetrical bright ejecta blanket [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 03 Aug 2009

Terraced Wall in Bürg Crater
LROC NAC frame closeup of crater wall and terrace in Bürg crater (45.0°N, 28.2°E). The outer rim of the crater is along the right side of the frame. Image width is 1.62 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]
Published on 28 Jul 2009

Relative Timing of Geologic Events in Mare Frigoris
A mare-highlands boundary in northern Mare Frigoris. Image width is 1.8 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 27 Jul 2009

The Moon in 3D
Spectacular view of Lee Lincoln scarp obtained in stereo by imaging off-nadir (looking off to the side) from two adjacent orbits. Scene is approximately 2.7 km across [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 21 Jul 2009

LROC’s First Look at the Apollo Landing Sites
Four times enlargement of an uncalibrated LROC NAC image showing the Apollo 14 lunar module (LM Antares) and the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package (ALSEP). Note the astronaut tracks between the two artifacts [NASA/GSFC/Arizona...
Published on 16 Jul 2009

Mapping the Moon with the Wide Angle Camera
Mosaic of a floor-fractured crater, acquired by the Wide Angle Camera 560 nm filter. Scene is approximately 160 km across [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 12 Jul 2009

The fractured floor of Compton
The central peak and fractured floor of Compton crater as imaged by the LROC Narrow Angle Camera at dusk, image width is ~1720 meters [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 10 Jul 2009