Moon : Plato and the lunar Alps

by: Sebastian Voltmer/Novapix
Reference: a-lun02-84160
Date: 2008-11-08

Left is Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains), a lava-flooded floor. At right, the prominent straight feature cutting through the mountain range is the lunar Alpine Valley, about 160 kilometers long and up to 10 kilometers wide. Top left, the large crater is Plato and bottom right, is the crater Cassini.

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