Copernicus Crater

Restored image of Copernicus Crater. Credit: NASA/LOIRP

More imaging goodness is now available from the folks at the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP), a cooperative effort between NASA and private business to give new life to some of the first ever close-up images of the Moon. When this image was originally released in November of 1966, it was called the "Image of the Century." Taken by the Lunar Orbiter 2 spacecraft, 45.7 kilometers (28.4 miles) above the Moon's surface, the image showed details of the interior of the crater Copernicus. Now, through the work of (LOIRP), the image has been remastered to show even more detail and the dramatic landscape within the crater.
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* not taken by 'Shoals Astronomy Club'. - image and credit to, 'universe today'.