Here is a link to many nice pictures of the moon : go to LPL image page.

A closeup of a crater (Ptolemaeus) in the maria region :

Crater "saturation" in the highlands :

Here is the abrupt transition from maria to highlands terrain :

Here is a classic photo from Apollo 10 of the earth rising over the moon :

 A huge collection of apollo images is available here.

A crater near the Apollo 11 landing site :

 

The moon's surface is covered by fine dust, a few inches thick :

A rock on the surface near the Apollo 16 landing site :

A smaller rock which was brought home for study :

here is what we think the interior of the moon looks like :

 

A recent image from the Clementine spacecraft of the south pole of the moon,
showing trace deposits of water ice :  go to Clementine image.

Mercury is very similar to the moon !

Here we see images of craters that are almost indistinguishable from those on the moon :

Here's a close-up :

 Here is a "fact sheet" on mercury from the NSSDC.

Mercury's rotation displays a 3:2 tidal lock with its orbit (59 day rotation, 88 day period) :

 Go to Mercury water ice detection page.
 

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