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NAC Anaglyph: Alpes Rille

Sinuous rille -- check out this lunar lava channel [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 09 Oct 2015

NAC Anaglyph: Atlas Crater

Degraded terraces line the western wall of Atlas Crater [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 02 Oct 2015

NAC Anaglyph: Crater Melt

This impact melt in the crater Stefan L surrounds and fills the topography of the crater floor [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 25 Sep 2015

NAC Anaglyph: Tsiolkovskiy Wall

Slump block in the southeastern wall of Tsiolkovskiy crater [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 18 Sep 2015

LROC NAC Anaglyph: Humboldt Floor Fractures

Cracks in craters - Humboldt's fractures are likely due to intrusive magmatic activity that pushed the floor upward, causing it to crack [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 11 Sep 2015

NAC Anaglyph: Flooded Crater

Basalts breach and flood this crater in the floor of Heraclitus D [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 04 Sep 2015

NAC Anaglyph: Orientale Fractures

Fractures and faults cut through the southwestern edge of Mare Orientale [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 28 Aug 2015

NAC Anaglyph: Mons Hansteen

Mons Hansteen - bright, mottled terrain surrounded by darker, younger mare [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 14 Aug 2015

NAC Anaglyph: Ropey Surface

Ropey surface texture of ejecta from Orientale basin [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 07 Aug 2015

LROC NAC Anaglyph: Gerasimovich Ejecta

Hills, depressions, and fresh craters outside of Gerasimovich crater [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 31 Jul 2015

LROC NAC Anaglyph: Wrinkle Ridge near Fontenelle X

A wrinkle in rock, formed well after the lava solidified in northern Mare Frigoris [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 24 Jul 2015

LROC NAC Anaglyph: Mercurius J

Craters upon craters - Mercurius J (bottom left) and a partially buried crater (upper right) on the rim of Mercurius C [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 17 Jul 2015

NAC Anaglyph: Catena Krafft

Dramatic lighting courtesy of Catena Krafft -- the wall of this crater chain casts shadows on its floor [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 10 Jul 2015

NAC Anaglyph: Orientale Basin Rille

The sinuous valleys of a rille wind their way through part of Orientale basin [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 26 Jun 2015

LROC NAC Anaglyph: Herodotus A

Herodotus A - a nice bowl-shaped crater in Oceanus Procellarum [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 19 Jun 2015

NAC Anaglyph: Giordano Bruno Ejecta

Ejecta patterns resulting from materials thrown out of Giordano Bruno during crater excavation [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 12 Jun 2015

NAC Anaglyph: Fenyi Crater

Cracks, fractures, and upwarping in the floor of Fenyi Crater [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 05 Jun 2015

Shapes of Craters

Oblique view of Tycho crater looking from east-to-west. Image was acquired on 2 November 2014 from an altitude of 59 km (M1169552252LR). The central peak rises more than 2000 m (6562 ft) above the crater floor and the far wall exhibits...

Published on 28 May 2015

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