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Pictures of interesting lunar landforms

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Rima and Rimae

A rima is a rille - an open lava channel or a collapsed lava tube.

Lunar Domes

Lunar domes are low, circular, rounded hills.

Ghost Craters

Ghost craters are filled with lava flows, with only a ring showing the location of the crater's rim.

Catena

Catena are crater chains - a row of relatively small craters close together.

Valleys on the moon

Lunar Mountains and Mountain Peaks

Dorsum and dorsae

Dorsa are wrinkle ridges - long, narrow, wrinkly ridges.

Other features


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