A fresh crater splashes brighter material across the edge of a fracture in Komarov crater in this image from the Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) on board NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft. This small crater, about 475 meters or yards across, is younger than the fracture because the bright rays of the crater are not visibly deformed by the edges of the fracture. Cratering events like this help to slowly erode and fill in fractures and older craters on the moon.
Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University
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Fabietto76°OZ 79 months ago | reply
So Beautiful!
petrus.13 79 months ago | reply
molto interessante
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ezook 79 months ago | reply
Incredible photo!
Dexter A. Pinto 79 months ago | reply
great capture...is there a way to estimate the age?
Derek_Custer 79 months ago | reply
Fantastic image.
Pyrrhos 79 months ago | reply
Excellent !
mylohc 79 months ago | reply
what an amazing find
©Christofoto 79 months ago | reply
When you say "young"... how old? Thousands?