Lunar South Pole
Visualisation of the lunar South Pole terrain. This area is of great interest to scientists due to the significant amounts of water ice detected in the permanently shadowed regions that never receive sunlight. The terrain maps are essential for both human and robotic explorers, who are scheduled to arrive at South Pole locations in 2024. Data was obtained by the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) satellite.
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Photo credit: © NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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