The Sea of Cleverness

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The Clementine orbiter captured this strikingly textured image of Mare Ingenii, "The Sea of Cleverness" on the lunar far side. I've stretched the contrast slightly and removed some very small seams in the image.

NASA / Naval Research Laboratory / Bill Dunford

Copyright holder: Bill Dunford

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Contact us to request publication permission from the copyright holder. Original image data dated on or about April 9, 1994