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NAC Anaglyph: Theophilus East Wall

The rim of the crater Theophilus -- Notice the dramatic shift from the bright, steeply sloping interior wall to the darker, more heavily cratered outer terrain [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 05 May 2015

LROC NAC Anaglyph: Small Bouldery Crater near Jenner

Riddled with boulders -- numerous boulders associated with a small crater near Jenner crater [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 03 Apr 2015

NAC Anaglyph: Lichtenberg Ghost Crater

Portion of a crater rim -- only the highest parts of an old crater are visible after being inundated by mare flows long ago [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 27 Mar 2015

NAC Anaglyph: Giordano Bruno Ejecta

Sweeping the landscape - a dramatic display of ejecta from Giordano Bruno [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 27 Feb 2015

LROC NAC Anaglyph: Stromgren X

Stromgren X -  a highly degraded crater on the lunar farside replete with hummocky terrain [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 21 Feb 2015

LROC NAC Anaglyph: Highlands Ridge

A ridge that formed in ejecta deposits from the Orientale basin [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 13 Feb 2015

LROC NAC Anaglyph: Tycho East Melt Puddles

Puddles and rubble - check out these melt puddles northeast of Tycho Crater [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 30 Jan 2015

LROC NAC Anaglyph: Hell Q Crater

Hell Q crater - an excellent example of a simple bowl-shaped crater in the southwest region of the lunar near-side [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 23 Jan 2015

LROC NAC Anaglyph: Perched Crater

Craters on top of craters! Shown here is a crater that is perched on the southwest rim of Darwin C, a highly degraded crater in the southeastern lunar nearside [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 16 Jan 2015

LROC NAC Anaglyph: Mare Ingenii Swirls

Mare Ingenii Swirls - note the lack of topography associated with these enigmatic deposits! [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 09 Jan 2015

Introducing LROC NAC Anaglyphs!

Go get your 3D glasses and check out the new NAC anaglyph RDR products! [Image credit: NASA/GSFC/ASU].

Published on 22 Dec 2014

Mottled Mound

Low-incidence angle image (~9°, near noon) of a curious mound on the floor of Firsov crater. Image width is 2.2 km [LROC NAC M187506567RNASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 14 Nov 2014

The Chang'e 3 Landing Site in 3D

Slope map overlain on an LROC NAC image of the Chang'e 3 landing site at 44.12°N, 340.49°E in Mare Imbrium. The Chinese spacecraft landed just to the east of the large crater near the center.  Slopes range from zero (blue) to...

Published on 07 Oct 2014

Mare Pit Topography!

The crisp morphology of the central Mare Fecunditatis pit (white arrow) stands out in elevation data and suggests a relatively young age. This pit is about 200-m in length and 45 m deep. Image width is 5 km; north is up. Color...

Published on 27 Aug 2014

Dorsum Nicol

This tectonic feature was formed as stresses built up in the lunar crust until the rock gave way. The energy released was immense, and the displaced rock is the north-south trending wrinkle ridge that we see today. This is LROC NAC...

Published on 17 Jul 2014

Birt E

Birt E crater is thought to be the source region for lava that carved out Rima Birt, a rille in Mare Nubium. This mare is older than 3.4 billion years, and so is this vent! LROC NAC M1144849711LR with the a color DTM overlaid; North is...

Published on 15 Jul 2014

Slump or Slide

Rock and debris slumped from northwest to southeast (upper left to center) and cascaded into the floor of a linear topographic low (depression or graben) near Milichius crater; arrows indicate the direction of movement. NAC M190794864L;...

Published on 16 Jan 2014

Ground Hugging Ejecta

Ejecta deposit of an unnamed crater (~2.7 km in diameter). LROC NAC M130008764R. Image center is 9.80°N, 250.06°E, image width is 567 m. North is up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 24 Oct 2013

3D Moon!

Today's featured image is a 3D anaglyph of the low-Sun LROC WAC 643 nm mosaic of the lunar nearside [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 18 Oct 2013

Synthetic Views of the Moon

Synthetic view of the waxing Moon as viewed from Earth on 2013-10-15 17:00:00 UTC [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 15 Oct 2013