Lunar Pit

a collapse pit in an otherwise smooth gray surface

NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University

October 5, 2017

Credit	NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University
Language	english

This is a spectacular high-Sun view of the Moon's Mare Tranquillitatis (Sea of Tranquility) pit crater revealing boulders on an otherwise smooth floor. This image from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter narrow-angle camera is 400 meters (1,312 feet) wide, north is up.