The Moon: northeastern edge of Mare Nubium 6.5
8 km wide area of the Mare Imbrium, photographed by Apollo 16 under grazing incidence solar illumination, which casts shadows at the subtle edges of some of the individual lava flows that flooded this region.
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Image Credit: NASA  

An oblique view of a portion of the lunar nearside as photographed from the Apollo 16 spacecraft in lunar orbit. The small, bright crater is Lassell D at the northeastern edge of Mare Nubium (Sea of Clouds). The area seen in this picture is immediately west of Lassell C crater, southeast of Guericke crater, and southwest of Davy Crater. (AS16-120-19237)  
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