Leiden, Netherlands

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Aristarchus' region - a river on the Moon.

Aristarchus is the brightest crater in the image. See that river below it? Called Vallis Schröter, it starts near the crater Herodotus and runs for 165 km. The Vallis is 6 to 10 km wide and is probably an underground lava conduit that has collapsed.

Lots of rough volcanism here, though all craters in the image are caused by impacting meteors.

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# posted by MOHAMED THAKI on May 18th, 2013 4:21 pm

Wow ....excellent detail ....!!!!
# posted by hardloperjan (Jan Landman) on December 23rd, 2012 12:18 am

ruud, Marry Christmas and a healthy and good 2013
# posted by Bruno Suignard on June 16th, 2012 5:23 pm

5******fav
# posted by Trudy Tuinstra on June 3rd, 2012 12:25 am

splendid.
# posted by Dieuwertje on June 2nd, 2012 7:28 pm

great moon serie and very interesting too
# posted by Ahmet Akdağ on June 2nd, 2012 10:13 am

wonderful
# posted by Albertien on June 2nd, 2012 6:54 am

Beautiful close up
# posted by Nico Andries on June 2nd, 2012 6:51 am

As if you came close in an orbiter. A amanzingly detailed, interesting shot...
# posted by NGC300 on June 2nd, 2012 6:43 am

Excellent documentation (viewed enlarged).

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Location

City:Leiden

Country:Netherlands NL

Latitude:52°9' 0'' N

Longitude:4°30' 0'' E

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Photo id:1321400

Added on:2-6-'12

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