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Posidonius Crater, Bob Stevenson

Posidonius Crater

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Posidonius crater is a great example of a fractured floor crater with a wonderful 130km long rille running across the crater floor.

The Planetary Society has a great oblique view of the rille here:

https://www.planetary.org/space-images/20140318_moon_lro_posidonius2

This monochrome image was taken with an Astronomik ProPlanet 742 IR-Pass filter.

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Posidonius Crater, Bob Stevenson