Lunar craters Hercules and Atlas. These craters are in the north-east part of the visible nearside of the Moon. The Hercules crater (lower left, 69 ki

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Lunar craters Hercules and Atlas. These craters are in the north-east part of the visible nearside of the Moon. The Hercules crater (lower left, 69 kilometres across) contains two prominent smaller craters, Hercules G (14 kilometres across) and Hercules E (9 kilometres across), the latter on the southern rim of Hercules. The Atlas crater (upper centre, 87 kilometres across) has a fractured floor though to be caused by ancient volcanic action. Photographed in May 2011.

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