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Credits: ESA/SPACE-X, Space Exploration Institute

Advanced Moon micro-Imager Experiment (AMIE)

 

 

 

 

 

Hadley Rille near the Apennine Mountains (26.4°N, 3.7°E). taken by SPACE-X instrument AMIE/SMART-1 on 10 January 2006..

 

The Hadley Rille is 120 km long and was formed nearly 3.3 billion years ago.

 

The landing site of Apollo 15 is near the upper right part of the rille (26.1° North and 3.9° East).