The Moon's [
http://science.nasa…03aug_dreamyeclipse. htm ] south pole is near the top of this sharp telescopic view looking across the southern lunar highlands [
http://www.lunarrep…]. Recorded on August 3rd from Tecumseh [
http://higginsandso…], Oklahoma, planet Earth, the foreshortened perspective heightens the impression of a dense field of craters [
http://www.astrosoc…tnl/13/13.html ] and makes the craters themselves appear more oval shaped. The prominent crater in the foreground, Moretus, has a diameter of 114 kilometers and lies just west (left) of the Moon's central meridian. For large lunar craters [
http://www.lpi.usra…craterstructure.html ], Moretus is young [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and features terraced inner walls and a 2.1 kilometer high, bright central peak, similar in appearance to the more northerly crater Tycho [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Just to the right of Moretus is the 95 kilometer diameter crater Curtius. Curtius has older, rounded walls marked by smaller, more recent impact craters.
Explanation
The Moon's [
http://science.nasa…03aug_dreamyeclipse. htm ] south pole is near the top of this sharp telescopic view looking across the southern lunar highlands [
http://www.lunarrep…]. Recorded on August 3rd from Tecumseh [
http://higginsandso…], Oklahoma, planet Earth, the foreshortened perspective heightens the impression of a dense field of craters [
http://www.astrosoc…tnl/13/13.html ] and makes the craters themselves appear more oval shaped. The prominent crater in the foreground, Moretus, has a diameter of 114 kilometers and lies just west (left) of the Moon's central meridian. For large lunar craters [
http://www.lpi.usra…craterstructure.html ], Moretus is young [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and features terraced inner walls and a 2.1 kilometer high, bright central peak, similar in appearance to the more northerly crater Tycho [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Just to the right of Moretus is the 95 kilometer diameter crater Curtius. Curtius has older, rounded walls marked by smaller, more recent impact craters.
Explanation
