Grimaldi                             Earth-based telescopic image                    Cropped Lunar Orbiter image .

Image above by ESO

Full sized  version of Lunar Orbiter LO4-168H3

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Brief

The image of Grimaldi at above left is cropped from a huge ESO telescopic image showing extreme detail, especially for a crater on the  SW limb of the Moon. Grimaldi is a huge basen whose flooded center is surrounded by an inner wall 222 km in diameter. The damaged outer wall is 430 km wide. The Lunar Orbiter 4 image is an awesome overhead view of the crater. The blemish in the dark area is not a real feature.

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Other Lunar Orbiter images

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-161H3.jpg

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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 39  Clickable Sections Map

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