Moon Image Galleries

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From early robotic explorers to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), from Apollo to Artemis, from Earth to the Moon and back—get to know our nearest neighbor in space through photographs and data maps.
POV: You're On the Moon
Views from human and robotic explorers on the lunar surface.
Earth Above Lunar Roving Vehicle Antenna (Apollo 17)
Exploring Hadley Delta (Apollo 15)
David Scott in the Lunar Roving Vehicle (Apollo 15)
View of a Relatively Fresh Lunar Crater (Apollo 15)
Antares Lunar Module on the Moon (Apollo 14)
Lunar Surface Experiments Package (Apollo 14)
Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11)
Surveyor 1's Shadow
Moonscapes
See the Moon's mountains, craters, lava flows, and more through the "eyes" of robotic explorers like NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
Ancient Volcanic Vent near Plato Crater (LRO)
Malapert Massif (LRO)
Fractured Komarov Crater (LRO)
Copernicus Crater (Lunar Orbiter)
Tycho Crater's Central Peak (LRO)
Shackleton Crater's Illuminated Rim (LRO)
Lunar Swirl Reiner Gamma (LRO)
Challenger Astronauts Memorialized on the Moon
Earthrise, Earthset: Looking Towards Home
Views of Earth from human & robotic explorers on their way to, around, and back home from the Moon.
Revealing the Invisible
Visible light images can tell us a lot, but not everything. These data maps reveal lunar surface temperatures, slope and elevation, subsurface rockiness, and more.
Illumination Map of the Moon's South Pole
Faces of Shackleton
Topographic Map of the Lunar South Polar Region (LRO)
Slope Map of the Lunar South Pole
Copernicus in Color (LRO)
Ultraviolet & Visible Tycho Crater (Clementine)
Visible & Near-Infrared Moon (Galileo)
North Polar Mosaic - Color Composite (Galileo)
The Moon from Earth
Views from our home planet.