This image shows an area of the Moon featuring the Mouchez crater near to lunar zero longitude.


 
This image was taken by the AMIE instrument on SMART-1 on 29 December 2004.

This area of the lunar surface shows the area of the Moon around two large craters. The largest visible in this image is called Brianchon (middle left) and is situated at 75° north lunar latitude and 86° west lunar longitude. The second largest in this image is called Pascal (middle bottom), at 74° north lunar latitude and 70° west lunar longitude.


 
This image was taken by the AMIE instrument on board SMART-1 on 29 December 2004.

The mosaic of images covers the 120 kilometre diameter Pythagoras complex impact crater. The central peak corresponds to the rebound of the subsurface crust during the violent impact, and its mineralogical mapping will give information on the vertical variations of the crust composition.


 
These images were taken by the AMIE instrument on board SMART-1 on 29 December 2004.

The mosaic strip of images was produced from images taken consecutively along orbit, here displayed from 45° North up to the low illuminated polar region.



Release date: 26 January 2005