Gallery: Moon as Art: Help NASA Choose the Most Beautiful Lunar Image
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__ Starry Night__ The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter uses a laser altimeter to bounce laser pulses off the surface of the Moon and back to measure distance. The colors in this image indicate slope: Blues are more gentle slopes and reds are steeper.
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Linné Topography This color-shaded-relief image of the beautifully preserved young Linné crater was created using two images taken at slightly different angles to produce a 3-D effect.
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Tycho Central Peak This sunrise view of the 2-km-high peak in the middle of Tycho crater was taken by LRO on June 10, 2011. The central peak is steep and sharp thanks to its geologically young age of 110 million years.
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Diviner North Pole This images shows the temperatures of the Moon's north pole at night. Blue s indicate colder areas and reds are hotter, revealing the effects of temperature and relationship to the sun.
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Clerke Crater This image shows debris flows from the edge of Clerke crater narrowing as they near the crater floor. Brighter areas are more reflective because they are rougher, possibly because they contain more boulders than the surrounding area.
