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Part of the far side of the moon

author: Nasa/USGS/Novapix

reference: a-lun05-00119

Image Size 300 DPI: 28 * 26 cm

Mosaic image taken by Clementine spacecraft in 1994. The concentric, circular Orientale basin, 600 miles across, is bottom center; the near side is to the right, the far side to the left. At right is the large, dark Oceanus Procellarum.

Keywords for this photo:

1994 - ASTRONOMY - BLACK AND WHITE - CLEMENTINE - FAR SIDE - MARE ORIENTALE - MOON - OCEANUS PROCELLARUM - SATELLITE - SEA -