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Two instruments on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft have produced the sharpest ever elevation map of the Moon. Using the data from the camera instrument (specifically the Wide Angle Camera) and the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (Lola) instrument, NASA scientists have mapped the troughs and bumps over nearly the entire Moon with a pixel scale close to 100m (328 ft).
via BBC
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