- Original Caption Released with Image:
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These images show a lunar crater on the side of the moon that faces away
from Earth, as viewed by NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper on the Indian Space
Research Organization's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft. On the left is an image
showing infrared brightness. On the right, the abundance of water (light
blue) and hydroxyl (red) is shown around a small crater. Hydroxyl-rich
materials are seen as two rays emanating from the crater at the one and
seven o'clock positions. Water-rich materials encircle the crater. Ray
patterns such as those containing the hydroxyl usually indicate that
materials have been excavated from below the surface. If so, it is
possible that there are deposits of water- and hydroxyl-rich materials
just below the surface of the moon.
- Image Credit:
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ISRO/NASA/JPL-Caltech/USGS/Brown Univ.
Image Addition Date:
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2009-09-24
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