MAKE A MEME View Large Image King crater pool hrp154.jpg The pool north of King on the moon This is Figure 155 of Apollo Over the Moon NASA SP-362 1978 which has the following caption <br>The Apollo 16 astronauts captured this spectacular view of the large dark pool on ...
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Keywords: King crater pool hrp154.jpg The pool north of King on the moon This is Figure 155 of Apollo Over the Moon NASA SP-362 1978 which has the following caption <br>The Apollo 16 astronauts captured this spectacular view of the large dark pool on the north flank of the crater King as they approached from the east The pool also known as a lake pond or playa is in an old crater swamped by King ejecta The maximum width of the pool is about 21 km The peculiar dark material that forms the large pool and also coats adjacent hills was first discovered on Apollo 10 and was later seen again from Apollo 14 The most exciting part of the discovery had to wait until the mapping and panoramic cameras of Apollo 16 showed that this material contains some of the freshest and most spectacular flow structures on the Moon These structures some of which are seen in the following figures show that the material behaved like lava The material is very similar in appearance to that filling parts of the floor of King -K A H en wikipedia Apollo 16 Hasselblad camera image AS16-120-19266<br/> Immediate source NASA History Program Office http //history nasa gov/SP-362/contents htm Apollo Over the Moon A view from orbit NASA SP-362 1978 <br>Figure 155 http //history nasa gov/SP-362/hrp154 jpg hrp154 original 1972 published 1978 NASA<br/> PD-USGov Original upload log en wikipedia King+crater+pool+hrp154 jpg wikitable - 2014-02-27 04 27 900×891× 147871 bytes Jstuby The pool northwest of King crater on the moon This is Figure 155 of Apollo Over the Moon NASA SP-362 1978 which has the following caption <br>The Apollo 16 astronauts captured this spectacular view of t King crater
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