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Moon: crater Tsiolkovsky on lunar farside

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: a-lun03-15501

Image Size 300 DPI: 32 * 18 cm

The large Tsiolkovskiy crater, one of the few areas of dark mare basalt on the far side. The bright central peak creates a stark contrast.Image taken during Apollo 13 mission.

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1970 - APOLLO - APOLLO 13 - ASTRONOMY - CRATER - FAR SIDE - IMPACT CRATER - LIMB - MOON - SATELLITE - TSIOLKOVSKY -