English: Oblique view of Planitia Descenus, on the moon, facing north. Galilaei crater is in upper right, and Cavalerius is just out of view to the left. Luna 8 and Luna 9 both landed in the upper right.
Date
created 2015, original image acquired 1967
Source
Reprocessed Lunar Orbiter 3 image rotated and cropped in GIMP. The original image is in the public domain because it is a work of the U.S. Government (NASA).
Immediate source: Lunar and Planetary Institute, Lunar Orbiter Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter 3, image 214, med [1]
Author
James Stuby based on NASA image
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{{Information |Description = Oblique view of Planitia Descenus, on the moon, facing north. [[Galilaei (crater)]] is in upper right, and [[Cavalerius (crater)]] is just out of view to the left. [[Luna 8]] and [[Luna 9]] both landed in the upper right....
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