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    LRO Sees Bouncing, Rolling Boulders on the Moon

    Think nothing ever happens on the Moon? New images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera shows spectacular views of the famous Tsiolkovskiy Crater, and a close-up look reveals boulders that have rolled down the slopes of the crater. In the larger image, below, it is easy to see where the boulders came from [...]

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    I must be getting old! Sure I remember Lunar
    Orbiter pictures in the sixties showing the
    same thing. Criss-cross tracks moulded in the
    lunar soil by cracks in the boulders as they
    rolled down. Bit like tyre tracks.




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