We never get tired of looking at the Moon 👀 The Moon can seem like a sterile, gray, unchanging world. But while the Moon has remained largely unchanged during human history, our own understanding of it has evolved dramatically. Thanks to observations from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, we have not only unprecedented views of its surface, but a tour of the Moon that shows how both it and other rocky planets in our solar system have been shaped over billions of years. One of the largest impacts is Orientale Basin, a feature that's as wide as the distance from New York City to Cincinnati. Using new elevation measurements, we can clearly see the effects of what is likely the last giant impact event in lunar history, with its outer mountain rings rising many kilometers above the lowest points inside the crater. Credit: NASA / NASAGoddard Space Flight Center #LRO #NASA #Lunar #Moon #Crater #Space #MoonTour #Artemis