File:Lichtenberg crater Fig13.7c.jpg
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English: Oblique view of Lichtenberg, on the moon. Approximate north at top. One of the last photos taken by Apollo 15 prior to trans-Earth injection. Shows comparatively recent mare material at right of crater. Original caption is as follows: Crater Lichtenberg (L; 20 km), northwestern Oceanus Procellarum. Blackand-white north arrow shows same point in A and B. A. Telescopic view suggesting sharp truncation of Lichtenberg materials by discrete dark unit. B. Lichtenberg ejecta flooded by mare basalt (white arrow) and thinly mantled by darkmantling material (d). Orbiter 4 frame H-170. C. Detail. Apollo 15 frame P-0370. |
| Date | published 1987, original 1971 |
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Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. (Original text: Apollo 15 Panoramic camera imageThe original image (AS15-P-0370) is in the public domain because it is a work of the U.S. Government (NASA). Immediate source: Figure 13.8 C of The geologic history of the Moon, 1987, Wilhelms, Don E.; with sections by McCauley, John F.; Trask, Newell J. USGS Professional Paper: 1348. link to abstract and full PDF) |
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NASA image, USGS publication |
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| 2014-06-10 21:44 | 479×791× (132694 bytes) | Jstuby | {{Information |Description = Oblique view of [[Lichtenberg (crater)]], on the moon. Approximate north at top. One of the last photos taken by [[Apollo 15]] prior to trans-Earth injection. Shows comparatively recent [[mare]] material at right of crat... |
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| current | 19:16, 31 December 2019 | No thumbnail | 1,400 × 2,320 (1.3 MB) | wikimediacommons>Jstuby | Higher resolution from ASU. This is more directly from the source image and eliminates a misleading dark patch on right side of image. |
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