- Original Caption Released with Image:
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These images show a very young 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 brightness at shorter infrared wavelengths. On the
right, the distribution of water-rich minerals (light blue) is shown around
a small crater. Both water- and hydroxyl-rich materials were found to be
associated with material ejected from the crater.
- 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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