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Lunar South Pole Visualizations

This gallery features visualizations of the lunar South Pole that highlight the region’s terrain, lighting conditions, topography, and unique features.

This visualization flies toward and around the Moon’s South Pole as the surface transitions from natural color to coded elevation...
This visualization features a collection of animated views of the Moon’s South Pole from a variety of angles, highlighting the...
This animation of the Moon’s South Pole highlights regions where temperature and reflectance data indicate the possible presence of surface...
This mosaic of the Moon’s South Pole was created using images captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC). As...
Black-and-white mosaic of the Moon’s South Pole showing a densely cratered landscape viewed from above. Circular grid lines and crosshairs overlay the image, with the lunar pole located at the center. Large and small craters cover the region, with deep shadows visible inside many crater walls and basins.
Artist’s rendering of the lunar South Pole region
Artist’s rendering of the lunar South Pole
This computer-generated visualization depicts Shackleton Crater near the Moon’s South Pole. The crater is approximately 21 kilometers wide and 4...
Oblique view of Shackleton Crater near the Moon’s South Pole. The visualization combines grayscale imagery of the cratered lunar surface with rainbow-colored elevation data layered across parts of the terrain. Deep shadows fill the crater interiors, while the brightly lit crater rims and surrounding rugged landscape stretch into the distance.