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Moon : Rupes Altai, Piccolomini and Fracastorius

by

P.Lazzarotti/Novapix

Reference

a-lun02-30002

Date

2007-12-13

Rupes Altai is an escarpment running more than 400 km long and 1000 m high. Its southeastern end (bottom) is the crater Piccolomini. Top right, the very last sun ray is leaving Fracastorius in the darkness. Image taken on october 1st 2007, two days before the last quarter of the moon.