Full resolution detail from one of the first LROC NAC images.
At this scale and lighting, impact craters dominate the landscape.
Two general types of impact craters are readily identifiable.
Solitary craters which most likely represent a single impact event, andclusters or chains of small, fresh craters produced by the impact oflunar material excavated by a larger impact. 。 Image width is 1400 meters, north is down [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. |