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Moon : Plato and the lunar Alps

author: Sebastian Voltmer/Novapix

reference: a-lun02-84160

Image Size 300 DPI: 8 * 6 cm

Left is Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains), a lava-flooded floor. At right, the prominent straight feature cutting through the mountain range is the lunar Alpine Valley, about 160 kilometers long and up to 10 kilometers wide.
Top left, the large crater is Plato and bottom right, is the crater Cassini.

Keywords for this photo:

ALPS - ASTRONOMY - CASSINI - CRATER - IMPACT CRATER - MARE IMBRIUM - MOON - MOUNTAIN - PLATO - SATELLITE - SEA - VALLEY - Vallis Alpes -