Images Featured Sites Quickmap Videos Gigapan Exhibits Exciting New Images from The LROC Team. Total posts 918 Search Ancient Impact Melt Lobate margin of ancient impact melt flow within a nameless farside crater, 45.84° S, 227.32° E, NAC M1117380495LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 28 Dec 2022 Apollo 17 Remains Unchallenged After Fifty Years Fifty years ago, the Apollo 17 crew concluded a series of human exploration missions that remain, like their footsteps, some of the greatest achievements in human history. Apollo 17 handheld image (AS17-134-20382) of astronaut Harrison Schmitt standing just left of the U.S. flag, with the LM, MESA, and LRV in the background [NASA/JSC/Arizona State University]. Published on 10 Dec 2022 Dramatic Contrast The dark rim of Aristarchus crater (23.7°N, 312.5°E) dramatically highlights its bright interior and central peak. There are more than 2700 meters of relief from the rim to the crater floor, and the central peak is 3,000 meters wide (left-to-right) and 400 meters tall. Image acquired from an altitude of 96 kilometers looking east-to-west, 12 kilometers wide in the center, NAC M1259171271LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 01 Dec 2022 Far Flung Ejecta Far-flung ejecta (32.7°N, 99.7°E) from the Giordano Bruno impact event raced across a small mare deposit, leaving bright streaks and clues to the details of crater ray formation. This image was acquired looking west-to-east from an altitude of 107 kilometers; the scene is 7700 meters wide at the center, NAC M1386451451LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 31 Oct 2022 Where is the South Pole? Often hidden in shadows, the south pole (90°S, 0°E) occurs just inside the rim of Shackleton crater (20-kilometer diameter). This spectacular view, aimed at the pole, was acquired on 18 May 2022. The image is 2400 meters wide in the middle of this north-to-south view, M1407524099LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 19 Oct 2022 Silicic Volcanoes on the Moon The silicic volcano Mairan T (41.79°N, 311.61°E) stands over 600 meters tall and in stark albedo contrast to the surrounding dark mare basalts of Oceanus Procellarum. The view is from west-to-east, scene is 6.6 kilometers wide, NAC M1387416559LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 11 Oct 2022 Wrinkle Ridges – How Deep Does the Fault Lie? LROC NAC oblique of Montes Recti (right), a range of highlands massifs about 80 km across from west-to-east (west is at the top in this view) near the northern rim of Mare Imbrium. A wrinkle ridge deforms the mare basalts surrounding the range and forks into two segments near where it intersects the massifs. Image M1274273192LR, centered at 48.3° N, 340.3° E. Published on 28 Sep 2022 Mystery Rocket Body Found! A rocket body impacted the Moon on 04 March 2022 near Hertzsprung crater, creating an apparent double crater, roughly 28 meters wide in the longest dimension. LROC NAC M1407760984R enlarged 3x [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 23 Jun 2022 Reiner Gamma: Swirling in Mystery Reiner Gamma lunar swirl (7.5° N, 301.0°E); NAC controlled mosaic containing images, M1139307518L/R, M1139300406L/R, M1139286182L/R, M1139293294L/R, and M1108661104R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 26 May 2022 The Ins and Outs of Secondary Craters Secondary craters and v-shaped ejecta. The largest crater at center is about 90 meters in diameter. LROC NAC image M1143115078RE, located at 4.549° S, 255.721° E [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 05 May 2022 Prev 1 2 3 4 5 … 92 Next ← Previous Next → Displaying Post 11 - 20 of 918 in total
