Fresh Impact

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An extreme close-up on a small, relatively young impact crater on the lunar near side in the neighborhood of Fracastorius crater, as seen by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Below is a detail shown at the full resolution of around a meter per pixel, showing an even smaller crater that echoes the form of the larger one.

NASA / GSFC / ASU / 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 February 7, 2012