For the first time, humans can see the entire Orientale Basin

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Orientale basin is on the left edge of the lunar disk in this image. Artemis II marks the first time that humans have seen the entire basin. Orientale is the textbook multi-ring impact basin used as a baseline to compare other impact craters on rocky worlds from Mercury to Pluto. Credit: NASA submitted by /u/Busy_Yesterday9455 to r/spaceporn [link] [comments]

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