South is up in this image, more info below.

 

            
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 This prime focus image includes a fairly
            tame region for details, however closer examination reveals some
            amazing features. The straight wall, Rupes Recta is a 70 mile
            long scarp (cliff) that in places is over 1000 feet tall. There
            is no equal to such a structure here on Earth. The large smooth
            sea that dominates the center of this frame is Mare Nubium, with
            the steep walls 60 mile diameter crater with walls exceeding
            ten thousand feet in height. What really compelled me to posting
            this image is the concentric rilles to the left of the half covered
            Mare Humorum on the upper right terminator. Known collectively
            as Rimae Hippalus, these are stress fractures left over from
            the formation of Mare Humorum. Look how beautifully they wrap
            around the basin.

            
Processing: 300/1000
            best frames, MAP 35 alignment in Registax, Regulated Van Cittert
            Deconvolution in PixInsight Pro, Levels and Contrast Masking
            In Photoshop CS3, Focus Magic Plugin.

Instrument:  12.5" f/5 prime
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200
CCD Camera:  Image Source DMK 31AU03.AS
Filter:  Hoya R72
Exposure:  1/100 sec  15fps
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing good, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  35F
Processing:  Registax, PixInsight Pro, Photoshop CS3, Focus Magic Plugin