NASA Photo ID: AS15-88-12002       File Name: 10075721.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 07/31/71
Title: Oblique view of lunar nearside near northeast edge of Ocean of Storms
Description:
An oblique view of a portion of the lunar nearside located near the
northeast  edge of Ocean of Storms (Oceanus Procellarum), photographed from
the Apollo  15 spacecraft in lunar orbit, showing the bright apearing
crater Aristarchus  on the left, the Crater Merodotus on the right, and
Schroter's Valley at  lower right. This view is looking southward. The head
of Schroter's Valley, a  sinuous rille in the Aristarchus Plateau, is
called Cobra Head. The  coordinates of the center of Aristarchus crater are
47.5 degrees west  longitude and 23.6 degrees north latitude.              

Subject terms:
APOLLO 15 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
CRATERS                                 
LUNAR EXPLORATION                       
LUNAR SURFACE                           
LUNAR TOPOGRAPHY                        
MOON                                    

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