PIA00130: Moon - North Pole Mosaic
 Target Name:  Moon
 Is a satellite of:  Earth
 Mission:  Galileo
 Spacecraft:  Galileo Orbiter
 Instrument:  Solid-State Imaging 
 Product Size:  3296 x 3809 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  JPL
 Producer ID:  P41483
 Addition Date:  1996-02-05
 Primary Data Set:  Galileo EDRs
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA00130.tif (4.431 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA00130.jpg (795.9 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This view of the Moon's north pole is a mosaic assembled from 18 images taken by Galileo's imaging system through a green filter as the spacecraft flew by on December 7, 1992. The left part of the Moon is visible from Earth; this region includes the dark, lava-filled Mare Imbrium (upper left); Mare Serenitatis (middle left); Mare Tranquillitatis (lower left), and Mare Crisium, the dark circular feature toward the bottom of the mosaic. Also visible in this view are the dark lava plains of the Marginis and Smythii Basins at the lower right. The Humboldtianum Basin, a 650-kilometer (400-mile) impact structure partly filled with dark volcanic deposits, is seen at the center of the image. The Moon's north pole is located just inside the shadow zone, about a third of the way from the top left of the illuminated region.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
1996-02-05