LROC News System

Meandering

nospam@example.com (Hiroyuki Sato) — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:00:00 -0600

Western slope of Fabbroni crater cavity. Image width is 1200 m, downslope is to the left, NAC M188050156R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

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Dark Material Flows

nospam@example.com (Hiroyuki Sato) — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:00:00 -0600

Low reflectance materials inside a degraded small crater. Image width is 500 m, north is up. NAC M168476297L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]

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Boulder on the Edge

nospam@example.com (Sarah Braden) — Thu, 10 May 2012 10:00:00 -0600

A boulder on the edge of a crater rim, partially covered with a veneer of impact melt. LROC NAC M169738975L, image width is 600 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

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Impact Melt Fingers

nospam@example.com (Sarah Braden) — Tue, 08 May 2012 10:00:00 -0600

Impact melt from an unnamed lunar crater forms ghostly fingers stretching across the Moon's surface. LROC NAC frame M126091916L, image width is 560 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

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Melt on a Rim

nospam@example.com (Lillian Ostrach) — Thu, 03 May 2012 09:00:00 -0600

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].

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Crater in 3D!

nospam@example.com (Lillian Ostrach) — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:00:00 -0600

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

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Rolling Rolling Rolling

nospam@example.com (Lillian Ostrach) — Tue, 01 May 2012 09:00:00 -0600

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

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Orion, Up Close

nospam@example.com (Mark Robinson) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:00:00 -0600

Low orbit view of Apollo 16 landing site, image width 250 meters, M175179080 [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

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Scalelike Impact Melts

nospam@example.com (Hiroyuki Sato) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:00:00 -0600

Impact melt sheets on the ejecta deposits of the crater Plato M. NAC M111700304R. Image width is 530 m. Image center is 53.276°N, 344.385°E. North is up. Incidence angle is 60° [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

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Dark Impact Melt Sheet

nospam@example.com (Hiroyuki Sato) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:00:00 -0600

A portion of southern rim of unnamed immature crater. The interior of the crater is in the top half of the image. NAC M169764515R. Image center is 18.652°N, 121.299°E. Image width is 500 m. North is up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

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Rays From Tiny Crater

nospam@example.com (Hiroyuki Sato) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:00:00 -0600

30 meter diameter crater with pronounced rays. NAC M169723917L. Image width is 500 m. Image center is 12.929°N, 127.671°E. North is up. Incidence angle 25.5° [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

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Impact Melt Lobes

nospam@example.com (Drew Enns) — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:00:00 -0600

Impact melt flowed down the wall of Lowell crater forming two lobes when it solidified. The first lobe was breached or overtopped by a second flow in a manner probably similar to lava flows on Earth. LROC NAC M184196652RE, sun is from the upper left and image width is 1000m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

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Flow Boundary

nospam@example.com (Drew Enns) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:00:00 -0600

A small scarp is exposed in this high incidence angle NAC. The area to the east (right) of the scarp is raised relative to the area on the west (left). LROC NAC M177792062L, image width is 610 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

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Smooth Ejecta

nospam@example.com (Drew Enns) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:00:00 -0600

Grooved surface created in an instant by an impact event. The linear pattern is radially symmetric around the parent crater; the parent crater must be very young as very few craters dot the ejecta blanket! LROC NAC M171788458RE, image width is 650m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

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The Rays of Messier A

nospam@example.com (James Ashley) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:00:00 -0600

A mare surface peppered with hundreds of small craters. Image width is 620 m, NAC frame M159650657L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

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