Featured Images

Breached Levee

Impact melt breached a levee to flow down part of the terraced wall of Tycho. Downslope is toward image bottom, NAC M170634588L, image width is 500 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 11 Sep 2012

Sampling a Central Peak

Boulders from the central peak of Moretus crater litter the crater floor. NAC M185904952R, image width is ~852 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 09 Aug 2012

Debris Channels

Granular materials once flowed down the crater wall of Alpetragius B and formed these striking patterns. NAC M170606933L, image width 600 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 08 Aug 2012

Mounded Floor

Blocky crater (~500 m diameter) with a central mound, located in Mare Frigoris. NAC M170605553R, image width 800 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 07 Aug 2012

Pyroclastic Excavation

An impact excavated low-reflectance pyroclastics. NAC M170613335L, image width 500 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 07 Jun 2012

Rim Impact

The small pond of impact melt and debris on the floor of Hercules E is not circular. What forces teamed up to result in this small triangular crater floor deposit? NAC M170300291R, image width 500 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 06 Jun 2012

Melt Boundary

Impact melt boundary at a wall slump in Milne N crater. Melt on the right, slump on left; NAC M169840154R, image width 500 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 05 Jun 2012

Melt on a Rim

Impact melt started to flow back into the crater cavity before it solidified. Downslope is to the upper right, image width is 500 m, NAC M170205366L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 03 May 2012

Crater in 3D!

Digital Terrain Model (DTM) of an unnamed crater in the farside highlands. Image is 3.2 km across [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 02 May 2012

Rolling Rolling Rolling

Curved boulder trails - not something you see everyday on the Moon! NAC M169772563L, image width 756 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 01 May 2012

Splish Splash

An impact melt veneer coating a large boulder, ~80 m wide by 120 m long - larger than a football field! Downslope to the right, NAC M169630027R, image width is 530 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 30 Mar 2012

Not Your Average Scarp

A scarp winds through a region of mare. NAC M166223945L, image width is 700 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 29 Mar 2012

Ejecta Starburst

High-reflectance ejecta created a starburst pattern originating from an unnamed ~270 m diameter crater. NAC M159059694R, image width 855 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 28 Mar 2012

Shield Volcanoes in Lacus Veris!

Wrinkle-ridges in mare basalts? Nope! These step-like features are located on the flanks of a shield volcano! Down-slope to the lower right, LROC NAC image M166406436R, image width is 728 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 02 Feb 2012

Fractures in Ohm's Melt

A thin layer of regolith covers fractures ~18 m wide in the Ohm crater impact melt pond. LROC NAC M166582212R, image width is 793 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 01 Feb 2012

On the Floor of Thales

Contact between channelized impact melt (upper left) and fractured melt (lower right) on the floor of Thales crater. Crater floor is at lower right, LROC NAC image M170218508L, image width is 700 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 31 Jan 2012

Ejecta blanket geology

Unconsolidated material and impact melt (smoother areas) in the continuous ejecta blanket of Stevinus A crater. Image is located to the northeast of Stevinus A, image width is 530 m, LROC NAC M170227051L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State...

Published on 08 Dec 2011

On the floor of Green M

High-reflectance boulders are interspersed among rubble eroding out of impact melt deposited on the Green M crater floor. Illumination from right, image is 570 m across, LROC NAC M159080552L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 07 Dec 2011

Oblong Roche V

The boundary between the flooded crater floor and the Roche V crater wall is subtle, except for locations where a distinct pinch represents the contact between units. LROC NAC M159100166R, image width is 590 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State...

Published on 06 Dec 2011

Lunar landslides!

Low-reflectance granular material flowed down the northeastern wall of an unnamed crater and formed interweaved tendrils. LROC NAC M169398317R, downslope is to the lower left, image width is 500 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 13 Oct 2011