This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
| This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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A Trip Into Space  Earth Moon Surface Views The Moon - Oblique View Of Tsiolkovsky Crater |
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Oblique image of the 185 km diameter Tsiolkovsky crater, centered at 21.2 S, 128.9 E on the far side of the Moon. Note the complex central peak and the smooth lava-flooded floor. Outside the crater at the bottom of the image is a substantial ejecta blanket. The image was taken by the Apollo 15 metric camera from a distance of 282 km. North is at 3:00. (Apollo 15, AS15-0757)
Last Update: 2004-Nov-27