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Moon : Rupes Altai, Piccolomini

author: P.Lazzarotti/Novapix

reference: a-lun02-30021

Image Size 300 DPI: 14 * 14 cm

Rupes Altai is an escarpment running more than 400 km long and 1000 m high. Its southeastern end (bottom right) is the crater Piccolomini. Image taken on april 4 2006, a day before the first quarter of the moon.

Keywords for this photo:

2006 - ASTRONOMY - BLACK AND WHITE - CLIFF - CRATER - IMPACT CRATER - MOON - PICCOLOMINI - RUPES ALTAI - SATELLITE -