Splendors of Mare Smythii - Fresh Impact Craters
November 30, 2012
The wider view, paired with a lower-sun image of the same crater on the right, gives a sharper view of small scale features such as boulders.
A wider view of the same fresh crater under high-sun (left, image M126371530LE, incidence angle of 21°) and lower sun image with illumination from the east (right, image M113392375LE, incidence angle of 50°) Credit: NASA/Goddard/ASU
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Technology Internet, Mare Smythii, Planetary science, Geology, Impact crater, Planetary geology
