© Philipp Salzgeber

The Crater Aristarchus (40km diameter) is one of the brightest areas on the moon, it is probably about 500 million years old (young - in lunar terms), in contrast Herodotus is an ancient crater. The Vallis Schröteri is about 1000 meters deep and describes a rough half-circle of 160 km length

If you want to take a closer look, check these Images taken by Apollo Astronauts:

• Vallis Schröteri - text.
• Aristarchus - text.
• The whole area - text.

An image of the Aristarchus Plateau with Lunar & Planetary Lab (Tucson) 61" telescope in 1965

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Comments: I used a Play/Logitech SNAPPY to get this picture into the computer. The Camcorder sat on a tripod, looking into the eyepiece the way a human would do.

Camera:	Sony CCD-TR2200E Pal
Telescope:	Vixen 130mm f/5,5 Newton with 20mm Eyepiece

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