This lunar topographic map shows the moon from the vantage point of the eastern limb. In this view, the yellow circles represent some of the 5,185 craters ... This image relates to an article ...

Public domain image by JSC via NASA Images. What does the dark side of the Moon look like? The dark side of the Moon is more lumpy than the near side, and covered in large craters. The biggest is ...

MexicoGeek used Google Moon to zoom in on an area of the lunar surface between the Rupes Liebig and Rimae Marsenius craters. The 3.5-mile (5.6km) high structure was spotted in images from Google ...

Craters of the Moon National Monument is celebrating the final month of the Centennial Celebration. September's theme is "Expansive Night Sky." The park will have several events throughout the ...

These shadowy pockets of the lunar surface lie within craters and depressions near the moon's poles. Because of the way this rocky satellite's axis tilts, PSRs remain untouched by sunlight year-round.

A lava field can be seen with the Pioneer Mountains in the background on April 29, 2024, at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve near Arco. On May 2, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge ...

In full sunshine, temperatures on the Moon reach 127°C, way above boiling point. There are 13 and a half days of high temperatures followed by 13 and a half days of darkness, and once the Sun goes ...