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Moon : Plato and the lunar Alps

by

P.Lazzarotti/Novapix

Reference

a-lun02-84150

Date

2008-09-09

Bottom is Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains), a lava-flooded floor. Above, the prominent straight feature cutting through the mountain range is the lunar Alpine Valley, about 160 kilometers long and up to 10 kilometers wide. Left, the large crater is Plato and bottom right, is the crater Cassini. Image taken on may 14 2008, two days after the first quarter of the moon.