Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera

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The Highs and Lows of Ryder Crater

19 Oct 2020

Ryder Crater — Ryder Crater (13 x 17 km across) controlled Feature Mosaic; located at 43.8° S, 143.2° E, north is up, LROC NAC images M1172098182, M1172105288, and M1172112395 [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Apennine Bench Formation: A Window into Ancient Volcanism

29 Jun 2020

Apennine Bench Formation with colorized DTMs overlain — LROC Wide Angle Camera (WAC) 100 m/px mosaic with 6 colorized Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) of the Apennine Bench Formation (centered near 26° N, 356° E - here in Quickmap), an enigmatic light plains unit located on the central lunar nearside, west of the Apennine Mountains and the Apollo 15 landing site at Hadley Rille [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Rilles and Rilles: Sinuous, Straight, and Arcuate

30 Apr 2020

Rilles — Rilles are all over the Moon! Controlled feature mosaics help us see these features with great detail. Pictured: Rimae Sulpicious Gallus (20°N Lat, 10°E Lon), Rima Sharp (46°N Lat, 309°E Lon), Rima Cauchy (10°N Lat, 38°E Lon) [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Feature Mosaics: Behind the Seams

16 Mar 2020

Karpinskiy Crater — A seamless mosaic of a portion of Karpinsky crater (91 km diameter, 72.61° N, 166.80°E) seamless mosaic. Scene is 55 km across, NAC images M1309496597L/R, M1309503618L/R, M1309510644L/R, M1309517669L/R, and M1309524696L/R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Plumbing the Depths by Scaling the Heights

19 Feb 2020

Maunder central peak — The central mountainous peaks of Maunder crater are thought to be made of rock that was melted by the impact event that resulted in the Orientale basin. This impact melt rock deposit was then lifted up from below the surface during the Maunder impact event. Material that was melted by the younger Maunder impact event ponded and solidified at the base of this mountain (bottom of the scene). Scene is 2.75 km across and centered at 14.62° S, 266.21° E; NAC image M1200748730LE [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

On and Around Mons Piton

09 May 2019

Mons Piton rising above Mare Imbrium — Mons Piton rises 2300 meters above the dark volcanic rocks of Mare Imbrium. The image covers an area 15.5 kilometers wide, north is up, and the Sun shines from the east (right). LROC NAC image pair M190609650LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

The West Side of Plato Crater

18 Jan 2019

The west side of Plato — Western Plato crater (at right) and the geologically complex region west of its rim — part of a controlled and corrected mosaic made up of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) images. The late afternoon Sun (incidence angle 77°) casts long shadows, accentuating surface relief. image width is 57 kilometers across the center. NAC image pairs M1188416966LR, M1188423994LR, M1188431022LR, M1188438051LR, and M1188445079LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Von Kármán Crater: Awaiting A Visitor

02 Jan 2019

LROC WAC mosaic of Von Karman crater — Von Kármán crater (186 kilometer diameter), a treasure house of geologic landforms! LROC Wide Angle Camera mosaic, five degree latitude and longitude grid [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Another Eclipse!

26 Jul 2018

WAC mosaic during 2010 eclipse — LROC WAC mosaic centered at 22.0°N and 277.5°E showing the Earth's shadow during a partial lunar eclipse on June 26, 2010. It takes LRO two hours to orbit the Moon so only during one orbit was the spacecraft in the full shadow, or umbra. The mosaic is 240 km wide. [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Towering Peak

15 Jun 2018

8000 meter tall peak — The summit of the unnamed peak in the foreground (50.2° S, 236.6° E) has an elevation of 6710 meters, about 7000 meters of relief relative to the low point at the bottom of the image. The two peaks on the horizon, 200 kilometers in the distance, have summit elevations of 4320 meters and 4680 meters, respectively and both rise more than 6000 meters above their surroundings. West-to-east view across the eastern portion of the South Pole-Aitken basin, NAC M1211426555LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

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