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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                  2024 August 30   
      
                                Southern Moonscape   
                      Image Credit & Copyright: Lorand Fenyes   
      
      Explanation: The Moon's south pole is toward the top left of this   
      detailed telescopic moonscape. Captured on August 23, it looks across   
      the rugged southern lunar highlands. The view's foreshortened   
      perspective heightens the impression of a dense field of craters and   
      makes the craters themselves appear more oval shaped close to the lunar   
      limb. Prominent near center is 114 kilometer diameter crater Moretus.   
      Moretus is young for a large lunar crater and features terraced inner   
      walls and a 2.1 kilometer high, central peak, similar in appearance to   
      the more northerly young crater Tycho. Mountains visible along the   
      lunar limb at the top can rise about 6 kilometers or so above the   
      surrounding terrain. Close to the lunar south pole, permanently   
      shadowed crater floors with expected reservoirs of water-ice have made   
      the rugged south polar region of the Moon a popular target for   
      exploration.   
      
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