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Moon : Vallis Alpes

author: Astronominsk/Novapix

reference: a-lun02-84152

Image Size 300 DPI: 9 * 7 cm

The prominent straight feature cutting through the mountain range is the lunar Alpine Valley, about 160 kilometers long and up to 10 kilometers wide. Bottom right, is the crater Cassini. Image taken on march 15 2008, a day after the first quarter of the moon.

Keywords for this photo:

2008 - ALPS - ASTRONOMY - BLACK AND WHITE - CASSINI - CRATER - IMPACT CRATER - MARE IMBRIUM - MOON - MOUNTAIN - SATELLITE - SEA - VALLEY - Vallis Alpes -