Mountains on the Moon

Mountains on the Moon
The enormous energy involved in making large craters creates rugged mountainous terrain in their centers and along their rims. Some of the mountains shown here are central peaks created when the floor of a crater rebounds upward from the force of impact. They are only found on the Moon in craters with diameters larger than about 15 kilometers (9 miles).

Image IDs: M197959697LR, M196850878LR, M1105158497LR, M1137104619LR, M1136383661LR, M193025138LR, M198059280LR, M1124294869LR
Camera: NAC