The moon from space. View from a fictional spacecraft flying west of the full Moon, over the Ocean of Storms (Oceanus Procellarum) and Mare Imbrium ab

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The moon from space. View from a fictional spacecraft flying west of the full Moon, over the Ocean of Storms (Oceanus Procellarum) and Mare Imbrium above. The great ray crater is Copernicus, the smaller and brighter crater at left is Arstarchus. The ring wall crater at the top is Plato.

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Size: 5138px × 3425px
Photo credit: © DETLEV VAN RAVENSWAAY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: arstarchus, astronomical, astronomy, background, black, black--white, copernicus, crater, cratered, craters, feature, features, imbrium, lunar, mare, monochrome, moon, ocean, oceanus, planetary, plato, procellarum, rains, ray, ring, science, sea, showers, space, storms, surface, wall, white