Plato and the Lunar Alps

By |2026-01-15T15:44:27-05:00January 15th, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day The dark-floored, 95 kilometer wide crater Plato and sunlit peaks of the lunar Alps (Montes Alpes) are highlighted in this this sharp telescopic snapshot of the Moon's surface. While the Alps of planet Earth were uplifted over millions of years as continental plates slowly collided, the lunar Alps were likely [...]