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Moon: Mare Fecunditatis and Mare Nectaris

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: a-lun03-16100

Image Size 300 DPI: 35 * 36 cm

This view of the moon, photographed during the Apollo 16 mission's trans-Earth coast, features Mare Fecunditatis  in the foreground with the twin craters Messier at the lower right. Nearer the horizon is Mare Nectaris with craters Goclenius and Gutenberg in between.

Keywords for this photo:

1972 - APOLLO - APOLLO 16 - ASTRONOMY - CRATER - IMPACT CRATER - LIMB - MARE FECUNDITATIS - MARE NECTARIS - MESSIER - MESSIER A - MOON - SATELLITE - SEA - SEA OF FERTILITY -