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

’Elephant skin’ texture in the lunar soil (wide)
’Elephant skin’ texture in the lunar soil (wide) A slice of LROC image M118090761LE shows the hummocky pattern in the lunar regolith that is referred to as "elephant skin" texture. The image is about 3 kilometers wide. NASA / GSFC / ASU