My Astrophotography – Lacus (lakes)

Lacus on the Moon

lakes are small, dark basaltic plains on the Moon, similar to the larger maria but typically much smaller in size.
despite their name, they don’t contain water – they’re ancient lava flows that solidified billions of years ago.
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Name – Name Origin / Latitude Longitude / Dimension km / miles / map (from USGS)

Lacus Aestatis – Lake of Summer / 15.0° S 69.0° W / 90 km / 56 miles / map
Lacus Autumni – Lake of Autumn / 9.9° S 83.9° W / 183 km / 114 miles / map
Lacus Bonitatis – Lake of Goodness / 23.2° N 43.7° E / 92 km / 58 miles / map
Lacus Doloris – Lake of Sorrow / 17.1° N 9.0° E / 110 km / 69 miles / map
Lacus Excellentiae – Lake of Excellence / 35.4° S 44.0° W / 184 km / 115 miles / map
Lacus Felicitatis – Lake of Happiness / 19.0° N 5.0° E / 90 km / 56 miles / map
Lacus Gaudii – Lake of Joy / 16.2Â° N 12.6° E / 113 km / 71 miles / map
Lacus Hiemalis – Lake of Winter / 15.0° N 14.0° E / 50 km / 32 miles / map
Lacus Lenitatis – Lake of Softness 14.0° N 12.0° E / 80 km / 50 miles / map
Lacus Luxuriae – Lake of Luxury 19.0° N 176.0° E / 50 km / 31 miles / map
Lacus Mortis – Lake of Death 45.0° N 27.2° E / 151 km / 94 miles / map
Lacus Oblivionis – Lake of Forgetfulness 21.0° S / 168.0° W 50 km / 31 miles / map
Lacus Odii – Lake of Hatred 19.0° N 7.0° E / 70 km / 44 miles / map
Lacus Perseverantiae – Lake of Perseverance 8.0° N 62.0° E / 70 km / 44 miles / map
Lacus Solitudinis – Lake of Solitude 27.8° S 104.3° E / 139 km / 87 miles / map
Lacus Somniorum – Lake of Dreams 38.0° N 29.2° E / 384 km / 240 miles / map
Lacus Spei – Lake of Hope 43.0° N 65.0Â° E / 80 km / 50 miles / map
Lacus Temporis – Lake of Time 45.9° N 58.4° E / 117 km / 73 miles / map
Lacus Timoris – Lake of Fear 38.8° S 27.3° W / 117 km / 73 miles / map
Lacus Veris – Lake of Spring 16.5° S 86.1° W / 396 km / 248 miles / map

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(Blue Lacus text = photos attached)

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Lists of Moon features by Derek Rowley

– Catena (chain of craters)
– Dorsa (wrinkle-ridge systems)
– Dorsum (wrinkle-Ridge)
– Lunar Seas & Ocean (Maria)
– Lacus (lake)
– Palus – (marshes)
– Promontorium (cape or headland)
– Rima (rilles)
– Rimae (rille systems)
– Rupes (escarpments)
– Sinus (bay)
– Terra (seas)
– Vallis (valleys)

My Astrophotography by Derek Rowley

Moonlit (disk illumination)
Earthshine
Moon Conjunctions
Moon Occultations
Moon Eclipses
Moon illusion
Lunar V & X (terminator shadow formation)
Moon Map (Lists of A-Z Craters on the Moon)

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