At south of Frigoris Maria, not far from the crater Cassini and at east of the large walled plain Plato, is one of the most spectacular lunar valleys: Alpine Valley, which traces a cut length of 130 km through the lunar Alps.
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Vallis Alpes on the Moon
Posted in Astrophotography with tags Cassini, Frigoris, Maria, Moon, Plato, Vallis Alpes on 2012/10/02 by computerphysicslabAristillus close-up
Posted in Astrophotography with tags Archimedes, Aristillus, Binocular, Casio Exilim EX-Z80, Cassini, craters, Mare Imbrium, Mons Piton, Montes Alpes, Montes Caucasus, Moon, Plato, Rükl, Vallis Alpes, Vixen 12x80 on 2009/03/04 by computerphysicslabAristillus, Cassini, Mons Piton, Montes Alpes and Vallis Alpes are visible in this close-up shot through the Vixen 12×80 binoculars. The area may be compared to that exposed in Rükl plate #12.
Archimedes and Plato are the biggest craters shown in this area, called Mare Imbrium. The biggest mountains below are Montes Caucasus. Some of its peaks (heights of 6 km) project big shadows.
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