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<p class="story" align="center"><b>Western Tranquillitatis</b></p>
  <p class="story" align="left">This magnificent photo of nearly all of the western half of Mare Tranquillitatis reveals enough fascinating landforms to  
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<p class="story" align="left">This magnificent photo of nearly all of the western half of Mare Tranquillitatis reveals enough fascinating landforms to  
 
fill a textbook. The left side of the mare lavas embay ridges of ejecta from the Imbrium-forming impact. Around most of  
 
fill a textbook. The left side of the mare lavas embay ridges of ejecta from the Imbrium-forming impact. Around most of  
 
the western shore of the mare is a series of rilles that formed as the weight of Tranquillitatis' lavas caused the center  
 
the western shore of the mare is a series of rilles that formed as the weight of Tranquillitatis' lavas caused the center  
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Lamont. Northeast of Lamont is an abrupt tonal boundary that doesn't seem to correspond to any morphologic feature. What  
 
Lamont. Northeast of Lamont is an abrupt tonal boundary that doesn't seem to correspond to any morphologic feature. What  
 
a strange Moon!   
 
a strange Moon!   
 
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<p class"story"><b>Related Links:</b><br>
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[http://digilander.libero.it/gm2/home.htm High Resolution CCD by Giorgio Mengoli]<br>
 
[http://digilander.libero.it/gm2/home.htm High Resolution CCD by Giorgio Mengoli]<br>
 
[http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc99/pdf/5238.pdf Geology of Tranquillitatis]<br>
 
[http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc99/pdf/5238.pdf Geology of Tranquillitatis]<br>
 
[http://www.astronomy.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1604 Lunar Domes]<br>
 
[http://www.astronomy.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1604 Lunar Domes]<br>
 
[http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/7111/lunardomes.htm Observing Domes]</p>
 
[http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/7111/lunardomes.htm Observing Domes]</p>
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Revision as of 16:08, 4 January 2015

Western Tranquillitatis

LPOD-2004-01-12.jpeg
Image Credit: Giorgio Mengoli (10" SCT)

Western Tranquillitatis

This magnificent photo of nearly all of the western half of Mare Tranquillitatis reveals enough fascinating landforms to fill a textbook. The left side of the mare lavas embay ridges of ejecta from the Imbrium-forming impact. Around most of the western shore of the mare is a series of rilles that formed as the weight of Tranquillitatis' lavas caused the center of the basin to subside, making cracks at its edges. This remarkable image also shows the surface roughness of the volcanic domes north and west of the crater Arago, and the ridges that form the mysterious submerged feature called Lamont. Northeast of Lamont is an abrupt tonal boundary that doesn't seem to correspond to any morphologic feature. What a strange Moon!

Related Links:
High Resolution CCD by Giorgio Mengoli
Geology of Tranquillitatis
Lunar Domes
Observing Domes

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