NASA's LRO gives lunar surface the 3D treatment
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Lobate scarps (a type of cliff) on the moon can be viewed in 3D thanks to NASA's LRO (Photo: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University)
Janssen K is a roughly 12-kilometer-diameter crater on the floor of the large Janssen Crater (Photo: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University)
An ancient channel formed as massive eruptions of very fluid lava poured across the surface of the moon (Photo: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University)
Ancient radial scars of ejecta extend out from the Orientale basin for hundreds of kilometers and consist of aligned craters and massive dune-like forms (Credit: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University)
Article Summary
It’s time to pull out the old red/cyan 3D glasses for these anaglyphs created with high-resolution stereo images beamed back from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Having revealed the fate of the Apollo lunar flags earlier this year, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) is now enabling the creation of anaglyphs to bring the third dimension to craters, volcanic flows, lava tubes and tectonic features on the lunar surface.
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