Featured Images
Hunting for Ancient Lunar Impact Basins
Fig. 1: A lesser-known impact basin, Freundlich-Sharonov, is visible in this Digital Terrain Model (DTM) made from LROC WAC stereo images, and darker shades represent lower elevations than brighter shades. The diameter of the...
Published on 09 Jun 2010
Gruithuisen Domes - Constellation Region of Interest
A small rille hugging the contours at the base of Gruithuisen Gamma, at the contact between the dome and the surrounding mare. Image is 1.6 km wide, illumination is from the left, NAC frame M104776541R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 08 Jun 2010
Mare Humboldtianum Constellation region of interest
Small crater and associated boulders near the center of the Constellation region of interest in Mare Humboldtianum, located at the mare-highlands boundary. Note the different textures of the highlands (in the lower left) and the mare...
Published on 03 Jun 2010
Marius Hills Constellation region of interest
Rim of a large sinuous rille on the western edge of the Marius Hills Constellation region of interest, showing materials that have slumped into the bottom of the sinuous rille towards the northwest as well as (possibly) outcrop, a prime...
Published on 01 Jun 2010
Hertzsprung Constellation Site
Portion of LROC NAC image M112421089RE showing fresh boulders on the inner ring of Hertzsprung basin, thought to be nearly pure anorthosite. Image is approximately 690 m across and the Sun is from the right of the frame (east)...
Published on 27 May 2010
Lunar Swirls at the Mare Ingenii Constellation Region of Interest
Close-up image of the Mare Ingenii Constellation region of interest. Mare Ingenii is one of the few mare basalt deposits on the farside of the Moon and it contains rare lunar swirls. Image width is 800 meters [LROC-NAC M105795162R;...
Published on 25 May 2010
Splendors of Mare Smythii
Interior of fresh impact crater in the Smythii Constellation region of interest. Portion of image M126371530LE, scene width is 530 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 20 May 2010
Hole in One!
A house-sized boulder (10 m diameter) rolled down-hill, scoring a hole in one (~60 m diameter crater)! Portion of LROC NAC M122597190L, image width is 500 m across [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 19 May 2010
Rima Bode: Constellation region of interest
LROC NAC closeup of a small fresh crater (230 m across) with very dark ejecta within the regional pyroclastic deposit in the highlands near Rima Bode II. This site is near a NASA Constellation region of interest. This crater has...
Published on 18 May 2010
Regolith patterns in Mendel-Rydberg
Regolith patterns in the Mendel-Rydberg Constellation region of interest. NAC image M118090761, image width 0.64 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 13 May 2010
In an instant!
Boulders and impact melt on the interior wall of a recent 5 km (3 mile) diameter crater. The rim of the crater is near the top of the image, downhill is towards the bottom of the image [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 12 May 2010
Central Peak of Bullialdus Crater
Summit of the central peak of Bullialdus crater, a Constellation region of interest. LROC Narrow Angle Camera image M114098458LE, image is 500 m wide [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 11 May 2010
Mare Frigoris Constellation Region of Interest
The floor of a l.2-km diameter crater in the Mare Frigoris Constellation region of interest. Samples of this material could help us understand the complex geologic history of this region of the Moon. NAC image M126752534RE; scene width...
Published on 06 May 2010
Central Peak of Copernicus crater
LROC NAC close-up of light-toned bedrock exposed within the central structural uplift of Copernicus crater (~93-km diameter). NAC image M102293451, width is ~1.26 km and the outcrop is ~800 m wide [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 04 May 2010
Floor of Tsiolkovskiy - Constellation Region of Interest
LROC NAC view of boulders on an outlying rampart of the complex central peak of Tsiolkovskiy crater within the Constellation region of interest. The image is roughly 700 m wide (LROC NAC frame M113107391L) [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State...
Published on 30 Apr 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
Craters on the Schrodinger pyroclastic cone
LROC NAC closeup clustered craters on the Schrodinger pyroclastic cone, one of the NASA Constellation regions of interest. Although likely relatively young, the craters in this cluster have a subdued appearance because they formed in...
Published on 22 Apr 2010
Dante Crater Constellation Region of Interest
Highlands terrain inside the Dante Crater Constellation Site. A portion of LROC NAC image M121044107R, 580 m across. [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]
Published on 20 Apr 2010
Retracing the Steps of Apollo 15: Constellation Region of Interest
The third and final EVA of Apollo 15 brought the astronauts to the edge of Hadley Rille (lower left). Disturbed regolith is observed along the crater rim at station 9 and at the edge of the rille at station 9A. Rover tracks are visible...
Published on 16 Apr 2010
Rimae Prinz Region - Constellation Region of Interest
A sinuous rille created by a lava flow snakes around the base of a massif in the Prinz-Harbinger region on the Moon. Image width is 1.46 km, LROC NAC frame M102429075L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 15 Apr 2010