Color-enhanced nearside mosaic of the Moon, created from images taken by the Galileo spacecraft. The image highlights the lunar surface's diverse features, including craters, maria, and highlands. This detailed view accompanies the exciting discovery of substantial water ice deposits at the Moon's poles by the NASA Lunar Prospector spacecraft.

Astronomy Picture from 18/09/1998

Lunar Prospects

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