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Mountains of the Moon

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Mountains of the Moon

Most mountains on the Earth are formed as plates collide and the crust buckles. Not so for the Moon, where mountains are formed as a result of impacts as seen by NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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Mountains of the Moon. Credit: NASA / JPL.

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