Images Featured Sites Quickmap Videos Gigapan Exhibits Exciting New Images from The LROC Team. Total posts from New Craters 26 Search Boulder Tracks: Race to the Bottom of Chaplygin Crater! Boulders ejected from Chaplygin B crater rolled down the wall of the much larger Chaplygin crater (4.1ºS, 151.7ºE) leaving these spectacular tracks. Image 980 meters wide, north is up [NASA/GFSC/Arizona State University]. Published on 15 Jul 2021 Feature Mosaics: Behind the Seams 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]. Published on 16 Mar 2020 Cool Cold Spots Oblique (very!) view of Einthoven cold spot crater, located at 109.91° E, 6.74° S. White rays and the crater's rocky rim and rugged interior wall are visible signs of youth. The cold spot anomaly surrounding the crater is another sign of youth. It extends far beyond the three-kilometer width of this image, but is invisible to human eyes. NAC M1258299787L/R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University] Published on 21 Aug 2018 John Young at South Ray Crater Overhead view of South Ray crater, the most prominent feature at the Apollo 16 Descartes landing site in the central lunar highlands. Astronaut John Young landed Lunar Module Orion north of the crater on 21 April 1972 (UTC). Image is a little less than one kilometer wide and is centered at 9.1493°S, 15.3827°E. Image number M1149402618LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 05 Jul 2018 Self-Inflicted Secondaries? This portion of an impact melt flow at Aristarchus Crater, centered at 24.6°N, 321.1°E, includes modified small craters and overlapping melt flows. What do the shapes of craters on impact melt and the statistics derived through careful analysis of crater density tell us about the crater formation process and timing of subsequent events? Image is 1.38 km (0.86 mi) wide. Image NAC M181411224R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 29 Jun 2018 Curiously Fast Degradation of Small Lunar Craters Taurus-Littrow valley, geologic exploration target for Apollo 17 and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera study team led by Dr. Prasun Mahanti. Center latitude 20.15°N, center longitude 30.98°E, image 18 km wide, image M1182232465LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 24 Apr 2018 NAC Anaglyph: Secondary crater in Mare Australe Secondary crater in Mare Australe. The bright spot to the west is a small, fresh 100 meter impact crater. [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 07 Jul 2017 Dynamic Moon! A brand new crater on the Moon! This new 12 meter (39 foot) diameter impact crater formed between 25 October 2012 and 21 April 2013 and was discovered in a temporal ratio image (after/before) created from two Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) images. Scene is 1200 meters wide (before image: M1105837846R, after image: M1121160416R) [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 12 Oct 2016 What's Next for LRO? LRO and LROC will continue to explore the Moon during the mission's third extended mission to understand fundamental processes that shape our Solar System. Published on 22 Aug 2016 Found! Apollo 16 S-IVB Impact Crater Newly discovered Apollo 16 S-IVB stage impact crater, image is 400 m wide, north is up (M183689432L) Published on 02 Dec 2015 Prev 1 2 3 Next ← Previous Next → Displaying Post 1 - 10 of 26 in total
