Moon
Taken by Howard Eskildsen on June 29, 2020 @
Ocala, Florida
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Date Taken: 2020:07:13 13:44:35
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Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, and Arzachel cross the center of this image, which is one of the most photographed areas of the Moon. I hadn't planned on imaging this area, but it was just too exciting to see the craters and the geologic history on vivid display. Herschel narrowly missed the northern rim of Ptolemaeus, while a crater chain creased its NE margin. On the right side of the image lies the old, battered Albategnius with Klein on its SW floor and rim. On the lower right, streaks radiate from Imbrum, ejecta scars from that massive, basin-forming impact. Rilles cross Alphonsus and Arzachel, and pyroclastics darken areas of Alphonsus. One of the pyroclastic areas at about the 4 o'clock position of Alphonsus seems to have a central uplift where it crosses a rille and resembles domes of Rima Birt, but I have not seen this listed as a dome.
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