Images Featured Sites Quickmap Videos Gigapan Exhibits Exciting New Images from The LROC Team. Total posts 905 Search Far Flung Ejecta Far-flung ejecta (32.7°N, 99.7°E) from the Giordano Bruno impact event raced across a small mare deposit, leaving bright streaks and clues to the details of crater ray formation. This image was acquired looking west-to-east from an altitude of 107 kilometers; the scene is 7700 meters wide at the center, NAC M1386451451LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 31 Oct 2022 Where is the South Pole? Often hidden in shadows, the south pole (90°S, 0°E) occurs just inside the rim of Shackleton crater (20-kilometer diameter). This spectacular view, aimed at the pole, was acquired on 18 May 2022. The image is 2400 meters wide in the middle of this north-to-south view, M1407524099LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 19 Oct 2022 Silicic Volcanoes on the Moon The silicic volcano Mairan T (41.79°N, 311.61°E) stands over 600 meters tall and in stark albedo contrast to the surrounding dark mare basalts of Oceanus Procellarum. The view is from west-to-east, scene is 6.6 kilometers wide, NAC M1387416559LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 11 Oct 2022 Wrinkle Ridges – How Deep Does the Fault Lie? LROC NAC oblique of Montes Recti (right), a range of highlands massifs about 80 km across from west-to-east (west is at the top in this view) near the northern rim of Mare Imbrium. A wrinkle ridge deforms the mare basalts surrounding the range and forks into two segments near where it intersects the massifs. Image M1274273192LR, centered at 48.3° N, 340.3° E. Published on 28 Sep 2022 Mystery Rocket Body Found! A rocket body impacted the Moon on 04 March 2022 near Hertzsprung crater, creating an apparent double crater, roughly 28 meters wide in the longest dimension. LROC NAC M1407760984R enlarged 3x [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 23 Jun 2022 Reiner Gamma: Swirling in Mystery Reiner Gamma lunar swirl (7.5° N, 301.0°E); NAC controlled mosaic containing images, M1139307518L/R, M1139300406L/R, M1139286182L/R, M1139293294L/R, and M1108661104R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 26 May 2022 The Ins and Outs of Secondary Craters Secondary craters and v-shaped ejecta. The largest crater at center is about 90 meters in diameter. LROC NAC image M1143115078RE, located at 4.549° S, 255.721° E [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 05 May 2022 Apollo 16 50th Anniversary: A New Landscape A spectacular, labeled view of the Apollo 16 landing site between North Ray and South Ray craters in the Descartes Highlands, a new landscape for the crew and an exciting set of LROC team products to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the mission landing. Published on 20 Apr 2022 Lunar Terminator Western portion of Mare Moscoviense seen under extreme lighting, east-to-west view snapped 25 August 2019. The illuminated rim in the background is an unnamed crater 21 kilometers in diameter (24.2°N, 146.3°E); spacecraft altitude was 94 kilometers, image M1321388053LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 15 Apr 2022 Traversing the Shackleton de Gerlache Ridge Amazing oblique view of the rim of Shackleton crater (on the left) and the Shackleton - de Gerlache ridge that runs from middle left to upper right. The south pole is near the small, sharp, bright crater on the rim of Shackleton (left side of the image about 25% up from the bottom). This spectacular area is under consideration for the Artemis III crewed landing scheduled for later in this decade. Ridgeline is about 14 kilometers long, NAC M1348682369LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 01 Apr 2022 Prev 1 2 3 4 5 … 91 Next ← Previous Next → Displaying Post 1 - 10 of 905 in total
