Images Featured Sites Quickmap Videos Gigapan Exhibits Exciting New Images from The LROC Team. Total posts from Impact Melt 129 Search Chappy NW wall of spectacular young impact crater perched on the rim of Chaplygin crater. The dark smooth material (bottom right) is solidified impact melt that originally pooled on the crater floor; the dark, middle and bright tones on the slope wall indicate various proportions of impact melt rock mixed with local regolith (soil). Image width ~700 meters, M1194434063LR, 4.079°S, 151.682°E [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 01 Mar 2016 LROC NAC Anaglyph: Highland Ponds Ponds of impact melt lining craters on the far side of the Moon [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 22 May 2015 NAC Anaglyph: Messier Impact Melt Impact melt deposits outside the west rim crest of Messier crater show evidence of ponding and flow before they cooled and solidified [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 15 May 2015 LROC NAC Anaglyph: Tycho East Melt Puddles Puddles and rubble - check out these melt puddles northeast of Tycho Crater [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 30 Jan 2015 LROC NAC Anaglyph: Hell Q Crater Hell Q crater - an excellent example of a simple bowl-shaped crater in the southwest region of the lunar near-side [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 23 Jan 2015 Fractures and Boulders Fractured impact melt left the interior of De Forest crater lined with boulders. LROC NAC M125650563L, image width is 720 m, North is up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 05 Aug 2014 Making a Splash at King Crater Impact melt ponds adorn the lumpy terraces of King crater. If you look carefully, you can see small fractures in some of the these ponds. LROC NAC mosaic (M1159315479L/R), image width is approximately 8 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 29 Jul 2014 Old and New Degraded crater wall of Vavilov D. Image center is 1.14°N, 221.536°E, image width is 1440 m, incidence angle is 61°, down slope is to the lower right, M1128031686L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 12 Jun 2014 Distal Edges Blocky fences border an impact melt deposit on the rim of a fresh crater. LROC NAC M112884286R, image width is 816 m, illuminated from upper right, north is up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 27 Mar 2014 Jackson's Complexity Now frozen impact melt on the floor of Jackson crater, a silent testament to a violent impact event. The image is ~7 km wide, and North points upward [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 09 Jan 2014 Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 13 Next ← Previous Next → Displaying Post 31 - 40 of 129 in total