Aristarchus, the moon's brightest crater. Fissure at
the top is known on lunar maps as Schroeter's
Canyon.
10,000-foot Mt. Pico. The bleak landscape is
entirely of broken rock, since there is no water
to erode river valleys.
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DESCENDING TO 30 MILES, the rocket passes over Aristarchus, the moon's brightest crater. Fissure at the top is known on lunar maps as Schroeter's Canyon. |
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COMING IN TO LAND, the rocket descends over 10,000-foot Mt. Pico. The bleak landscape is entirely of broken rock, since there is no water to erode river valleys. |
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