Space Photos of the Week: The Shrinky, Wrinkly, Seismic Moon

During NASA’s final mission to the moon in 1972, better known as Apollo 17, astronauts explored a region of the moon called Taurus-Littrow Valley. In this image from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been taking photos since 2009, you can see ridged hills called scarps and the valley floor on what we’ve now learned …

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