Apennines Mountain Range - The Moon
| The largest
mountain range on the Moon is seen here Spanning more than 600km in length, the
Apennines mount range is the largest on the lunar surface. This enormous mountains stand upto 5km tall and easily cast their own shadows. The large crater at
lower right is called Archimedes, it's 83km wide with walls that are 2km
tall.
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This mosaic is produced from 4 individual 1-second
long images.
The final image was then vastly reduced in size and quality from the original
5700x4300 image for display on this web page.
Eyepiece Projection with 7.4m Televue Eyepiece and 200mm f/6 newtonian telescope.
Settings: Manual, RAW, 3072x2048, ISO800, AWB