Moon's Permanently Shadowed Regions in Blue (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Moon's Permanently Shadowed Regions in Blue

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This is a map showing the permanently shadowed regions (blue) that cover about 3 percent of the moon's south pole.

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Credits: NASA Goddard/LRO mission

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