A radar image of the Moon collected using the Arecibo Observatory and Green Bank Telescope in 2015. The dark ring is caused by the shape of the radar beam. The north pole of the Moon is at the bottom center of this image. Younger craters with rugged floors and rims are very bright.

 

Created:

2015

Photographer:

Bruce Campbell

ID#:

WEB15031-2015

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Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

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