Bare Spots (IMAGE)

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Bare Spots

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Infrared (upper left) and other images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter revealed strange bare spots where the Moon's ubiquitous dust is missing. The spots suggest an active tectonic process.

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NASA

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