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Lunar Orbiter 4 Image of the Moon

Image of moon with large basin in center
Image Credit: NASA
Published: July 9, 2018

Lunar Orbiter 4 image of the Moon centered on the Mare Orientale Basin. The outermost circle of the "bull's eye" is the Cordillera Mountain scarp, almost 900 kilometers in diameter.

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