Tag: eratosthenes

  • Montes Apenninus

    Montes Apenninus

    The Montes Apenninus are a long mountain range between Mare Imbrium (left) and Mare Serenitatis (right) and the its highest peak is about 5400 meters.Below the Montes Apenninus end on the Eratosthens crater and the largest crater in the photo is Archimedes.Very interesting is the Rima Hadley that it is a rille near the western…

  • Montes Carpatus

    Montes Carpatus

    The mountain formation in the center of the photo are the Montes Carpatus that are several peaks separated by deep valleys.The large crater just below is Copernicus while the crater near the right edge of the photo is Eratosthenes and between them you see the ghost crater Stadius, the rest of an ancient impact crater…