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Lunar 002: Earthshine (twice reflected sunlight)
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Lunar 100 sketches (Jef De Wit)




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Lunar 001: Moon (large satellite)
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Lunar 001: Moon (large satellite)


Lunar 002: Earthshine (twice reflected sunlight)
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Lunar 002: Earthshine (twice reflected sunlight)


Lunar 003: Mare / highlands dichotomy (two materials with distinct compositions)
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Lunar 003: Mare / highlands dichotomy (two materials with distinct compositions)


Lunar 004: Montes Apenninus (Imbrium basin rim)
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Lunar 004: Montes Apenninus (Imbrium basin rim)


Lunar 005: Copernicus (archetypal large complex crater)
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Lunar 005: Copernicus (archetypal large complex crater)


Lunar 006: Tycho (large rayed crater with impact melts)
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Lunar 006: Tycho (large rayed crater with impact melts)


Lunar 007: Rupes Altai (Nectaris basin rim)
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Lunar 007: Rupes Altai (Nectaris basin rim)


Lunar 008: Theophilus, Cyrillus, Catharina (crater sequence illustrating stages of degradation)
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Lunar 008: Theophilus, Cyrillus, Catharina (crater sequence illustrating stages of degradation)


Lunar 009: Clavius (lacks basin features in spite of its size)
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Lunar 009: Clavius (lacks basin features in spite of its size)


Lunar 010: Mare Crisium (mare contained in large circular basin)
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Lunar 010: Mare Crisium (mare contained in large circular basin)


Lunar 011: Aristarchus (very bright crater with dark bands on its walls)
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Lunar 011: Aristarchus (very bright crater with dark bands on its walls)


Lunar 012: Proclus (oblique-impact rays)
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Lunar 012: Proclus (oblique-impact rays)

8 cm refractor @ x138, illumination 99.9%, lunation 15.1 days, 19 M...

Lunar 013: Gassendi (floor fractured crater)
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Lunar 013: Gassendi (floor fractured crater)


Lunar 014: Sinus Iridum (very large crater with missing rim)
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Lunar 014: Sinus Iridum (very large crater with missing rim)

8 cm refractor @ x138, illumination 83%, lunation 10.4 days, 24 Apr...

Lunar 015: Rupes Recta (best example of a lunar fault)
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Lunar 015: Rupes Recta (best example of a lunar fault)


Lunar 016: Petavius (crater with domed and fractured floor)
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Lunar 016: Petavius (crater with domed and fractured floor)


Lunar 017: Vallis Schröteri (giant sinuous rille)
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Lunar 017: Vallis Schröteri (giant sinuous rille)


Lunar 018: Mare Serenitatis dark edges (distinct mare areas with different compositions)
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Lunar 018: Mare Serenitatis dark edges (distinct mare areas with different compositions)


Lunar 019: Vallis Alpes (lunar graben)
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Lunar 019: Vallis Alpes (lunar graben)


Lunar 020: Posidonius (floor-fractured crater)
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Lunar 020: Posidonius (floor-fractured crater)


Lunar 021: Fracastorius (crater with subsided and fractured floor)
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Lunar 021: Fracastorius (crater with subsided and fractured floor)


Lunar 022: Aristarchus plateau (mysterious uplifted region mantled with pyroclastics)
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Lunar 022: Aristarchus plateau (mysterious uplifted region mantled with pyroclastics)


Lunar 023: Mons Pico (isolated Imbrium basinring fragment)
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Lunar 023: Mons Pico (isolated Imbrium basinring fragment)


Lunar 024: Rima Hyginus (rille containing rimless collapse pits)
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Lunar 024: Rima Hyginus (rille containing rimless collapse pits)


Lunar 025: Messier & Messier A (oblique ricochet-impact pair)
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Lunar 025: Messier & Messier A (oblique ricochet-impact pair)


Lunar 026: Mare Frigoris (arcuate mare of uncertain origin)
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Lunar 026: Mare Frigoris (arcuate mare of uncertain origin)


Lunar 027: Archimedes (large crater lacking central peak)
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Lunar 027: Archimedes (large crater lacking central peak)


Lunar 028: Hipparchus (subject of first drawing of a single crater)
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Lunar 028: Hipparchus (subject of first drawing of a single crater)


Lunar 029: Rima Ariadaeus (long, linear graben)
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Lunar 029: Rima Ariadaeus (long, linear graben)


Lunar 030: Schiller (possible oblique impact)
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Lunar 030: Schiller (possible oblique impact)


Lunar 031: Taruntius (young floor-fractured crater)
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Lunar 031: Taruntius (young floor-fractured crater)


Lunar 032: Arago Alpha & Beta (volcanic domes)
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Lunar 032: Arago Alpha & Beta (volcanic domes)


Lunar 033: Dorsa Smirnov (basin inner-ring segment)
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Lunar 033: Dorsa Smirnov (basin inner-ring segment)


Lunar 034: Lacus Mortis (strange crater with rille and ridge)
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Lunar 034: Lacus Mortis (strange crater with rille and ridge)


Lunar 035: Rimae Triesnecker (rille family)
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Lunar 035: Rimae Triesnecker (rille family)


Lunar 036: Grimaldi (small two-ring basin)
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Lunar 036: Grimaldi (small two-ring basin)

8 cm refractor @ x158, illumination 97%, lunation 13.7 days, 16 Feb...

Lunar 037: Bailly (barely discernible basin)
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Lunar 037: Bailly (barely discernible basin)


Lunar 038: Sabine & Ritter (possible twin impacts)
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Lunar 038: Sabine & Ritter (possible twin impacts)


Lunar 039: Schickard (crater floor with Orientale basin ejecta stripe)
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Lunar 039: Schickard (crater floor with Orientale basin ejecta stripe)


Lunar 040: Rimae Janssen (rare example of a highland rille)
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Lunar 040: Rimae Janssen (rare example of a highland rille)


Lunar 041: Bessel ray (ray of uncertain origin near Bessel)
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Lunar 041: Bessel ray (ray of uncertain origin near Bessel)


Lunar 042: Marius Hills (complex of volcanic domes and hills)
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Lunar 042: Marius Hills (complex of volcanic domes and hills)


Lunar 043: Wargentin (crater filled to the rim with lava or ejecta)
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Lunar 043: Wargentin (crater filled to the rim with lava or ejecta)


Lunar 044: Mersenius (domed floor cut by secondary craters)
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Lunar 044: Mersenius (domed floor cut by secondary craters)


Lunar 045: Maurolycus (region of saturation cratering)
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Lunar 045: Maurolycus (region of saturation cratering)

Meade ETX-70 @ x150, illumination 40%, 23 December 2009, 17:30-18:3...

Lunar 046: Regiomontanus (possible volcanic peak)
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Lunar 046: Regiomontanus (possible volcanic peak)


Lunar 047: Alphonsus dark spots (dark-halo eruptions on crater floor)
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Lunar 047: Alphonsus dark spots (dark-halo eruptions on crater floor)


Lunar 048: Cauchy region (fault, rilles and domes)
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Lunar 048: Cauchy region (fault, rilles and domes)






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