South Pole Topography

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University
February 24, 2016
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University

In this view of the Moon, the South Pole is at the center. The colors represent different elevations. The large, roughly circular, low-lying area (deep blue and purple) is the South Pole–Aitken Basin, the largest and deepest impact feature on the Moon.

Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University