Aristarchus_R_13-06-20 22-05-55_PSE_R
VTM C5 | Rukl-18
With oblique lighting, the elevation of the Aristarchus plateau above the surrounding basalt plain is very clear. Directly North of the prominent crater Aristarchus (40 km) there are a number of small rilles of volcanic origin "Rimae Aristarchus" that radiate out into Oceanus Procellarum. One of the few isolated faults, Rupes Toscanelli (length 70 km) can be seen ~60 km North of Aristarchus as a dark line running North-South. The oblique lighting also reveals a number of small volcanic domes that are encircled by the dark Vallis Schroteri. The ancient horseshoe-shaped flooded crater Prinz (47 km) is located near the top RHS together with several large isolated mountains, Montes Harbinger. A very bright triangular point of light on the top LHS of the image is the isolated mountain massif Mons Herodotus - check it out in the other images.
With oblique lighting, the elevation of the Aristarchus plateau above the surrounding basalt plain is very clear. Directly North of the prominent crater Aristarchus (40 km) there are a number of small rilles of volcanic origin "Rimae Aristarchus" that radiate out into Oceanus Procellarum. One of the few isolated faults, Rupes Toscanelli (length 70 km) can be seen ~60 km North of Aristarchus as a dark line running North-South. The oblique lighting also reveals a number of small volcanic domes that are encircled by the dark Vallis Schroteri. The ancient horseshoe-shaped flooded crater Prinz (47 km) is located near the top RHS together with several large isolated mountains, Montes Harbinger. A very bright triangular point of light on the top LHS of the image is the isolated mountain massif Mons Herodotus - check it out in the other images.
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