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All these pictures were taken with the Sun low in the lunar sky to the west and at a time of particularly favourable libration for the north west.
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In the right-hand column is a picture of the whole Moon (at about the same phase) indicating where the feature is situated.
22 October 2011
A picture of the far north-west and a close-up of Pythagoras.
The North-west Libration Zone.
Aristarchus and Schröter's Valley.
The area south-west of the Jura Mountains.
Schiller in the far south west.
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