Artemis II closing in on the Moon and beginning to see parts of the lunar far side.

Orientale basin is on the right edge of the lunar disk in this image. Artemis II marks the first time that humans have seen the entire impact basin. Credit: NASA

https://flic.kr/p/2s5HA2X

#Moon #Orientale #OrientaleBasin #crater #Artemis #Artemis2 #Orion #Integrity #OrionIntegrity #spacecraft #NASA #space #Nikon #NikonD5 #photography

Crater, by Sparta

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Apparently there's a new 225-meter #crater on the #Moon (as of spring 2024).
Reported at #LPSC by a team from #IntuitiveMachines based on #LRO imagery.
"a crater of this diameter should form every 139 years"
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2026/pdf/1896.pdf
#LunarImpact

🔴 Mars | Dunes in Crater in Planum Chronium | HiRISE

⛏️ Digging in the archives

ESP_059324_1200, 24 March 2019 🔭

source: www.uahirise.org/ESP_059324_1...

Credit: #NASA/ #JPL-Caltech/ #UArizona/ Jackie Branc © CC BY

#Mars #dunes #crater #PlanumChronium #HiRISE

Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park (current view, south Halema’uma’u crater). Image credit USGS/USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/havo/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm and https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/hvo and #nps #nationalparks #interpretation #geology #usgs #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #hawaii #volcano #winter #research #eruption #crater #lava #color #observatory