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Blog: Lunar Picture of the Day Posted: Saturday 22nd of December 2007 5:01 AM
Lunar Orbiter V-177M image from LPI Lunar Orbiter Photo GalleryFor decades I have wondered how mare lava got onto the southernmost floor of Gassendi. Like Fracastorius, Gassendi was formed on a tilted basin floor. Mare Nectaris overflowed the low rim of Fracastorius, leaving a lava-filled breached crater. At Humorum, the flooding did not quite overtop [...]
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