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Apollo 11: Second look | Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera
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Volcanoes in Lacus Mortis | Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera
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| | Most of the craters on the Moon formed through impact processes. However, some craters, like the one visible in this portion of LROC NAC frame M131488521R, may be a volcano summit pit crater. Crater diameter is ~400 m, the image width is 923 m, and illumination is from the right [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
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Cluster of farside secondary craters | Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera
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| | Cluster of secondary craters help geologists determine the relative ages of features, even when they are separated by great distances. Image width is 630 meters [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
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Not Your Average Crater | Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera
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| | An asymmetric impact crater (14.349°S, 350.977°E) on the Lassell Massif revealing low reflectance material. NAC frame M152939732L, illumination is from the northwest, north is up, image is ~820 m wide [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
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An infrared close up of the moon - Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
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| A first-of-its-kind camera developed in partnership between CU Boulder and Ball Aerospace will soon be landing on the moon. NASA announced today that it has selected a scientific instrument, called the Lunar Compact Infrared Imaging System (L-CIRiS), for its Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. The camera will ride along with one of three robotic landers that will touch down on the lunar surface in the next several years-a key step in NASA's goal of sending people back to the moon by 2024. LASP planetary scientist Paul Hayne, who is leading the development of the instrument, said that the goal is to collect better maps of the lunar surface to understand how it formed and its geologic history. L-CIRiS will use infrared technology to map the temperatures...