Hill & Carmichael                           Cropped Lunar Orbiter image                                   Right: Apollo image .

Above image is from Lunar Orbiter IV.  The photo is provided in liew of any Earth-Based Telescopic Image which was not available.

Full-sized version of above, right   AS15-87-11703

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Brief

In this breath-taking Apollo 15 image, incorrectly named by NASA as Macrobius A & B (which are in Section 26), are the craters Hill & Carmichael, located in Section 25. Hill is 16 km wide and Carmichael is 20 km. In the image at right the Apollo 15 camera is facing SW. In the LO shot at left north is almost at the top.

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Full Lunar Orbiter IV image

http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/bin/info.html?169

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For the latest information and images regarding this section, including Apollo Hasselblad (H), Metric (M), and Panoramic (P) images, go to: Section 25  Clickable Sections Map

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