Plato and Northern Imbrium Basin 05/2005 - Douglas Thomson

The large crater Plato (101km) dominates the Northern end of the Mare Imbrium. Immediately below is the isolated wedge shaped Mt. Pico (2400m), to the left of which run the Teneriffe Mountains. The angle of the Sun's illumination has nicely picked out the Straight Wall, just beyond the Teneriffe range. At the end of the curved landscape is the Laplace Promontory (2600m), above which are the craters Maupertuis (50km) and La Condamine (40km). Mare Frigoris can be seen above Plato with the distict crater Fontenelle (40km) with its 1750m high walls. The two craters in lower centre of picture are (L-R) Helicon (21km) and Le Verrier (18km). Both of these craters feature high walls of 2250m and 2450m respectively. Philips Tuocam Pro 2 webcam, Helios 102mm refractor. Frames stacked with Registax 3.