Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera

Exciting New Images from The LROC Team.

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Littered Wrinkles

14 Aug 2014

LROC NAC image of wrinkle ridge. — LROC NAC image M1144863959L of portion of a wrinkle ridge found in Mare Nubium. The crest and side of the ridge is lined with high reflectance boulders, likely eroded from the fractured basalts that make up the ridge. Image width is ~3 km, North is up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Fresh, But Not So Clean

12 Aug 2014

Similarly sized craters, one is fresh and the other is old. — LROC NAC image M131515002R showing two similarly sized craters, ~500 m in diameter, but one is littered with boulders and the other is not. This boulder discrepency is most likely due to age differences between the two craters. Image width is ~2 km, and North points up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Donut Holes

10 Jul 2014

Floor of crater Harriot B. — LROC NAC image M180430508R showing central mounds, ~1 km diameter each, on the floor of Harriot B crater. Image width is ~3 km and North points up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

A Rille to Rover Over

08 Jul 2014

LROC NAC collapse feature. — LROC NAC image M1145219838 of a rille found on the Southwestern edge of Oceanus Procellarum. This rille most likely formed from the stress added to the crust as the mare deposits were emplaced and cooled [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Rough Around the Edges

05 Jun 2014

Rimma Suess — With peppered flanks, Rima Suess wanders over 150 km through Oceanus Procellarum. The rocks that rest on the walls of this lunar rille are perhaps remnants of much larger boulders that have eroded down to meter sized rocks due to micro and macro meterorite bombardmet. LROC NAC image M168516400R has a width of ~400 m, and North points up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Tender Tendrils

03 Jun 2014

Wispy flows down the wall of crater Hiccarchus G. — Beautiful granular flows on the wall of Hipparchus G crater brought fresh debris from the rim down the walls, downslope is to the left. Image width is ~1 km, and North is up; LROC NAC image M183474839L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Elongated Crater

01 May 2014

Full resolution LROC NAC M155084711R showing the northeastern wall and floor of Arago E crater. The floor is peppered with rocks that tumbled down the crater wall. In this image North is up, image width is ~0.5 miles (800 m) [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Jagged Rim

29 Apr 2014

LROC NAC M1152277932L showing the upper southeastern portion of the rim of Piazzi H crater which has a diameter of 5 miles (8 km). The width of this image is ~0.5 miles (800 m) and North is up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Small Clearing

03 Apr 2014

LROC NAC M1144856403R of a mound littered with boulders located within the floor of Tycho crater. The small clearing, which lacks boulders, is most likely squeezed up impact melt. Image width is ~2400 ft (730 m) and North points up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Lavoisier Pyroclastics

01 Apr 2014

Irregular depression at the head of a floor fracture skirting the western floor of Lavoisier crater. Low reflectance material, thought to be pyroclastics, appears to have flowed East into nearby parts of the crater floor. LROC NAC mosaic M105055584LR, image width is ~15 km (9 miles), North is up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

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