Images Featured Sites Quickmap Videos Gigapan Exhibits Exciting New Images from The LROC Team. Total posts from Pits 14 Search Tadpole and Lava Tube An irregularly shaped depression, resembling a tadpole (center left), which is part of a sinuous chain of pits. The black arrow indicates the beginning of the pit chain that trends to the southeast. This feature is about 8 km long and 600 m deep, and is located in the mare northwest of Gruithuisen crater. Color shaded-relief depicts elevation from NAC DTM PITVENT; higher elevations are red and white, lower elevations are blue and purple; north is up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 29 Aug 2014 Mare Pit Topography! The crisp morphology of the central Mare Fecunditatis pit (white arrow) stands out in elevation data and suggests a relatively young age. This pit is about 200-m in length and 45 m deep. Image width is 5 km; north is up. Color shaded-relief created from NAC DTM FecundPit; higher elevations shown in red and lower elevations in blue and purple [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 27 Aug 2014 Louville D Fractured impact melt with a probable impact melt pit inside the crater Louville D. LROC NAC image M142604009R, image width 490 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 16 Aug 2012 Impact Melt Pit A melt pit inside an unnamed crater. Image width is 480 m, NAC frame M176082220L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 02 Mar 2012 Fissures on the Moon Fissures and associated pit-chains on Aitken crater floor. LROC NAC M128148929L, image width is 580 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 01 Nov 2011 Another small volcano? Along the embayed Eddington crater rim is an ~1.5 km dome that may be an ancient volcano with a summit pit crater. LROC NAC M148618400R, image width is 960 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 27 Apr 2011 Sinuous Chain of Depressions A single depression from a larger sinuous chain of pits located at 34.6°N, 43.5°W in NAC frame M102443238R. This chain may host uncollapsed lava tubes between the depressions that are suitable for human habitation. Image is 1.5 km wide and light is incident from the left at an angle of 78° [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 17 Feb 2011 Sublunarean void! The LROC NAC acquired an oblique view of the Marius Hills pit with just the right angle to reveal an overhang! Pit is about 65 meters in diameter, M137929856R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 07 Feb 2011 New Views of Lunar Pits Spectacular high Sun view of the Mare Tranquillitatis pit crater revealing boulders on an otherwise smooth floor. Image is 400 meters wide, north is up, NAC M126710873R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 14 Sep 2010 Fractures in the mare of Tsiolkovskiy Crater Small fractures in the mare floor of Tsiolkovskiy Crater are a departure from the usual scene of smooth mare pitted with impact craters. As the mare cools, fractures like these can form, or these fractures might have formed due to changes in the morphology of the Tsiolkovskiy impact crater over time. Image width is 580 m; NAC Image M130822373R, incidence angle 73° [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 24 Aug 2010 Prev 1 2 Next ← Previous Next → Displaying Post 1 - 10 of 14 in total
