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English: This photo is used in Figure 13.2 of The geologic history of the Moon, USGS Professional Paper 1348, by Don E. Wilhelms, John F. McCauley, and Newell J. Trask. It has the following caption:
Fresh Copernican crater, about 0.5 km in diameter, in central Mare Seremtatis. Blocks ejected from crater in direction of bright rays are preserved as far as three crater diameters from rim. In contrast, blocks are preserved only in interior and on rim crest of older, larger crater in upper left. Mare surface is brightened by Copernican rays except in sector of nondeposition left of crater (probably owing to oblique impact). Apollo 15 frame P-9337.

This image is similar to Figure 112 of Apollo Over the Moon: A View from Orbit (NASA SP-362), which has the following caption:

This small young crater has an incomplete ray pattern. It is located in central Mare Serenitatis. The small raised features on the flanks of the crater are blocks of ejected bedrock, probably mare basalt. The largest is about 30 m across. In this picture, where sunlight is from the east (right), raised features appear as bright spots casting a shadow to the west. Note the relative scarcity of blocks on the side lacking rays. The absence of rayed ejecta and of discrete blocks to the west suggest that the impacting body was traveling from west to east along an oblique trajectory. The roughly concentric ledges in the rayed crater result from the interaction of shock and stress waves with the layered substrata.-H.J.M.
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Source Arizona State University, Apollo Image Archive, Apollo Browse Gallery, Apollo 15 Panoramic Camera, AS15-P-9337
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This image or video was catalogued by one of the centers of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: AS15-P-9337.

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