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NASA Releases First Interactive Mosaic of Lunar North Pole

by Gary Kopycinski on March 18, 2014

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Interactive mosaic from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

A new interactive mosaic from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter covers the north pole of the moon from 60 to 90 degrees north latitude at a resolution of 6-1/2 feet (2 meters) per pixel. Close-ups of Thales crater (right side) zoom in to reveal increasing levels of detail. Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University