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Stock PHoot of the Moon, featuring the north pole, against the blackness of outer space. This view of the Moon's north pole is a mosaic assembled from 18 images taken by Galileo's imaging system through a green filter as the spacecraft flew by on December 7, 1992. The left part of the Moon is visible from Earth; this region includes the dark, lava-filled Mare Imbrium (upper left); Mare Serenitatis (middle left); Mare Tranquillitatis (lower left), and Mare Crisium, the dark circular feature toward the bottom of the mosaic. Also visible in this view are the dark lava plains of the Marginis and Smythii Basins at the lower right. The Humboldtianum Basin, a 650-kilometer (400-mile) impact structure partly filled with dark volcanic deposits, is seen at the center of the image. The Moon's north pole is located just inside the shadow zone, about a third of the way from the top left of the illuminated region. Photo Credit: NASA [0003-0612-0811-1628] by 0003
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Keywords
astronomy, earth moon, earths moon, humboldtianum, humboldtianum basin, jet propulsion laboratory, jpl, mare crisium, mare imbrium, mare serenitatis, mare tranquillitatis, marginis, marginis basin, moon, nasa, planet, smythii, smythii basin, the moon, voyager-galileo
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