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Moon : Montes Apenninus
author: P.Lazzarotti/Novapix
reference: a-lun02-85501
Image Size 300 DPI: 28 * 32 cm
Montes Apenninus are a mountain chain located between Mare Imbrium (left) and Mare Serenitatis (right, in the shadow). Some of these mountains are 5000 m high. Top of the image is crater Cassini. Bottom left is the crater Eratosthenes. Middle is the big crater Archimedes (about 83km of diameter) with to its right the craters Autolycus and Aristillus. Image taken on october 3 2007, during the last quarter of the moon.
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