Fig. 3. Lunar volcanic landforms. (A) Floor-fractured crater (44.3°E, 46.5°N), LRO WAC mosaic. (B) Lava flows in the southwestern Imbrium (330.4°E, 25.5°N), Apollo photograph AS15-M-1701. (C) Sinuous rille (315.7°E, 27.3°N), LRO WAC mosaic. (D) Luna (IMAGE)

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Fig. 3. Lunar volcanic landforms. (A) Floor-fractured crater (44.3°E, 46.5°N), LRO WAC mosaic. (B) Lava flows in the southwestern Imbrium (330.4°E, 25.5°N), Apollo photograph AS15-M-1701. (C) Sinuous rille (315.7°E, 27.3°N), LRO WAC mosaic. (D) Luna

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Fig. 3. Lunar volcanic landforms. (A) Floor-fractured crater (44.3°E, 46.5°N), LRO WAC mosaic. (B) Lava flows in the southwestern Imbrium (330.4°E, 25.5°N), Apollo photograph AS15-M-1701. (C) Sinuous rille (315.7°E, 27.3°N), LRO WAC mosaic. (D) Lunar dome (black arrows) and cone (white arrow) (303.6°E, 12.5°N), LRO WAC mosaic. (E) Lunar skylight (33.2°E, 8.3°N), LRO NAC image M126710873RC. (F) Irregular mare patch (IMP; 5.3°E, 18.7°N), LRO NAC image M190566313LC. (G) 3D view of ring moat dome structures (RMDSs; 30.8°E, 10.4°N), LRO NAC images M1096293859RC and M1096293859LC. (H) Pyroclastic deposits (352.2°E, 6.2°N), LRO NAC image M1103616897RC.

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