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This is an image of the lunar surface, focusing on the 95 km wide crater Plato, with the lunar alps to the right. The lunar alps were formed, not by tectonic activity like the alps on Earth, but by impacts from meteors which deformed the moon's surface. These mountains are still very impressive, with a length of 160 km and the highest peak reaching over 3 kilometers high.
Monday, January 12, 2015
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This is an image of the lunar surface, focusing on the 95 km wide crater Plato, with the lunar alps to the right. The lunar alps were formed, not by tectonic activity like the alps on Earth, but by impacts from meteors which deformed the moon's surface. These mountains are still very impressive, with a length of 160 km and the highest peak reaching over 3 kilometers high.
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