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’Elephant skin’ texture in the lunar soil (detail)

’Elephant skin’ texture in the lunar soil (detail)
’Elephant skin’ texture in the lunar soil (detail) Regolith patterns in the Mendel-Rydberg Constellation region of interest. The hummocky topography of the lunar soil (or "regolith") is referred to as "elephant skin" texture. NAC image M118090761, image width 640 meters. NASA / GSFC / ASU