PIX4576679: Moon: Apennine Mountains - Moon: Apennine Mountains - The Apennine Mountains are a chain of mountains between the Rain Sea and the Serenite Sea. Some peaks peak at 5000m. At the top of the picture are the Aristotle and Eudox craters; at the other end of the Apennines, the Erathosthene crater, at the bottom left. The large crater in the middle left is the Archimede crater in the Rain Sea. Image obtained on October 12, 2006, on a descending moon, 2 days before the last quarter / Bridgeman Images
PIX4576947: Moon: King crater - Moon: King crater - The King impact crater on the hidden face of the Moon. This crater is about 75 km in diameter and 4 km in depth. Image obtained in April 1972 from the control module of Apollo 16. This vertical view shows the King Crater on the lunar surface. It was exposed with color positive film in a hand - held 70 mm camera onboard the Command and Service Modules during the Apollo 16 mission's 98th orbit of the moon. Center point coordinates are located at 5.4 degrees north latitude and 120.8 degrees east longitude. April 1972 / Bridgeman Images