How's this for a deep crater

in science •  6 years ago  (edited)

Takes quite a different collision to produce one of these.

And a unique set of underlying geology, this one is imposed on the wall of a much more ancient crater.

Dione PIA07748 -Amastrus grooves inset.jpg
By NASA / JPL / Space Science Institute - http://www.ciclops.org/view.php?id=1582, Public Domain, Link

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Nice find. That got me curious about what is known about lunar strata.

  ·  6 years ago (edited)

Our moon was molten internally in the past and was very active volcanically. The dark patches that make up the Man in the moon are actually massive solidified flood volcanics not too dissimilar from our very own flood basalts here on earth.

As far as the surface strata go; check out this post:
https://steemit.com/science/@gavvet/black-rock-rain

thank you for sharing this interest photo

Why are craters round? Do impactors only strike at right angles.

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