The Lunar surface

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The Lunar surface
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The moons surface
maria
And of course craters everywhere
highlands
The moon has 2 main surface features long
recognized from Earth
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The lunar highlands represent the
moons battered original crust
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highlands
maria
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Lunar
highlands
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The maria are younger and represent lava filled
basins formed from impact shortly after the moon
formed
Mare is the singular form for maria
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Here is a very large impact crater on the maria
over 3 billion years old
Why do lunar surface features like craters last
so long on the moon?
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Lunar rays are an interesting feature found
around some craters
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Rays around the crater called Copernicus
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A rill is thought to be an ancient lava tunnel
A lunar rill
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The moon has many large rocks on its surface
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Asteroid track
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One final interesting fact about the moon is that
it is getting further away from us