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<p>[[File:WienerL-LO-V-103H2&#038;H3lpod.jpg|WienerL-LO-V-103H2&#038;H3lpod.jpg]]<em>Lunar Orbiter V image (north to the right) from [http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/LunarOrbiterDigitization/statusmaps.html USGS LO Digitization Project]</em></p>
 
<p>[[File:WienerL-LO-V-103H2&#038;H3lpod.jpg|WienerL-LO-V-103H2&#038;H3lpod.jpg]]<em>Lunar Orbiter V image (north to the right) from [http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/LunarOrbiterDigitization/statusmaps.html USGS LO Digitization Project]</em></p>
<p>The most famous lava [[April_26,_2005|flows]] on the Moon are in western Mare Imbrium, but the flow with the best imaged details is this remarkable one on the rim of the farside crater Wiener F. In 1971 Dale Cruikshank and I included this photo in a [http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1972Moon....3..412C paper] on lunar lava channels and tubes. Here is what we said about this flow feature: <em>The leveed channel leads downslope from the crest of the inner rim of the smaller nested crater to a large pool of lava. Flow patterns in the lava pool are clearly visible.</em> By later in the 1970s a change in interpretation occurred as impact melted rocks became widely recognized. Instead of being lava flows deep in the farside highlands this flow and pond are now considered to be impact melt created during the formation of Wiener F, the 30 km crater whose northern rim is shown here. On a Clementine false color [https://the-moon.us/wiki/Wiener+F image] the ponded flow is the same red color as surrounding highlands, showing that it is not a mare type lava but is more likely to be a melt of highlands rocks. One more proposed case of highlands volcanism bites the lunar dust.</p>
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<p>The most famous lava [[April_26,_2005|flows]] on the Moon are in western Mare Imbrium, but the flow with the best imaged details is this remarkable one on the rim of the farside crater Wiener F. In 1971 Dale Cruikshank and I included this photo in a [http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1972Moon....3..412C paper] on lunar lava channels and tubes. Here is what we said about this flow feature: <em>The leveed channel leads downslope from the crest of the inner rim of the smaller nested crater to a large pool of lava. Flow patterns in the lava pool are clearly visible.</em> By later in the 1970s a change in interpretation occurred as impact melted rocks became widely recognized. Instead of being lava flows deep in the farside highlands this flow and pond are now considered to be impact melt created during the formation of Wiener F, the 30 km crater whose northern rim is shown here. On a Clementine false color [https://the-moon.us/wiki/Wiener_F image] the ponded flow is the same red color as surrounding highlands, showing that it is not a mare type lava but is more likely to be a melt of highlands rocks. One more proposed case of highlands volcanism bites the lunar dust.</p>
 
<p>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</p>
 
<p>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</p>
 
<p><strong>Technical Details</strong><br />
 
<p><strong>Technical Details</strong><br />
The entire Wiener F [https://the-moon.us/wiki/Wiener+F crater] for context. Click the Lunar Orbiter image on that page to see the enlargement.</p>
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The entire Wiener F [https://the-moon.us/wiki/Wiener_F crater] for context. Click the Lunar Orbiter image on that page to see the enlargement.</p>
 
<p><strong>Related Links:</strong><br />
 
<p><strong>Related Links:</strong><br />
 
Clementine Atlas chart 32<br />
 
Clementine Atlas chart 32<br />

Latest revision as of 18:42, 13 October 2018

The Most Magnificent Flow on the Moon

Originally published August 13, 2007

WienerL-LO-V-103H2&H3lpod.jpgLunar Orbiter V image (north to the right) from USGS LO Digitization Project

The most famous lava flows on the Moon are in western Mare Imbrium, but the flow with the best imaged details is this remarkable one on the rim of the farside crater Wiener F. In 1971 Dale Cruikshank and I included this photo in a paper on lunar lava channels and tubes. Here is what we said about this flow feature: The leveed channel leads downslope from the crest of the inner rim of the smaller nested crater to a large pool of lava. Flow patterns in the lava pool are clearly visible. By later in the 1970s a change in interpretation occurred as impact melted rocks became widely recognized. Instead of being lava flows deep in the farside highlands this flow and pond are now considered to be impact melt created during the formation of Wiener F, the 30 km crater whose northern rim is shown here. On a Clementine false color image the ponded flow is the same red color as surrounding highlands, showing that it is not a mare type lava but is more likely to be a melt of highlands rocks. One more proposed case of highlands volcanism bites the lunar dust.

Chuck Wood

Technical Details
The entire Wiener F crater for context. Click the Lunar Orbiter image on that page to see the enlargement.

Related Links:
Clementine Atlas chart 32
Cruikshank, D. P. & Wood, C. A (1972) Lunar Rilles and Hawaiian Volcanic Features: Possible Analogues, Earth, Moon, and Planets, Vol. 3, p.412.

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