October 27, 2010

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Icy or Ice-Free?

LPOD-Oct27-10.jpg

LRO DTM image from NASA/ASU

The south pole of the Moon is where the black lines cross on the rim of Shackleton crater. In this high resolution digital topography image the entire 19 km wide crater is shown as if by X-rays. The walls are smooth because of downslope movement of debris but the flat floor includes some mounds and 8-10 small impact craters. By counting craters on deposits beyond Shackleton's rim Paul Spudis and colleagues Chuck Wood

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Admission: I can't find where I got this image on the LRO website - sorry!

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Rükl plate 73


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