Proclus                          Left: Earth-based telescopic image                     Right: Apollo image .

Larger version of above not available Proclus (center) image by Cidadao

Full-sized version of Apollo image above  AS17-2265

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Brief

Proclus is a polygonal crater with a sharped-edge outer wall, 28 km in diameter, 2400 m deep. A conspicuous center of an asymmetrical system of bright rays which radiate mostly in three directions. The darker Palus Somni is bordered by these rays.

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Other Lunar Orbiter images

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-66H2.jpg

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