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At the very center of this image from ESA’s SMART-1 orbiter is the north pole of the Moon. The image shows the characteristic craters of the Moon, present in all shapes and sizes. The largest in view is Rozhdestvenskiy, sandwiched between Hermite to the northeast and Plaskett to the southwest. Image credit: ESA / Space Exploration Institute / J. Manuel Fonseca, M. Costa & A. Mora, UNINOVA / B. Grieger & M. Almeida, ESA.

European Space Agency Releases Stunning Image of Moon’s North Pole

Oct 8, 2015 by News Staff

This mosaic image obtained by ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft shows the peaks and craters at the north pole of the Earth’s only natural satellite. At the...

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