Crater Archimedes, Appenines and surrounding region
Below image shows the largest mountain range on the moon, the Apennines, running diagonally from lower left to upper right. The mountain range is approximately 600 km (373 miles) The prominent crater Archimedes, near center of the image, is a large 83 km (53 miles) wide lava flooded crater with terraced walls.
This area was visited by the soviet Luna II probe in Sept. 14, 1959 and the US Apollo 15 mission on July 30, 1971.
Image taken the morning of October 13, 2006 at 6:00 am MDT, Louisville, CO with a Celestron Nexstar11 telescope, F3.3 focal reducer, and Toucam 840K video camera. One hundred seconds of video was stacked and aligned with Registax3. Sky was clear, transparency was very good, turbulence 5/10, temperature 38°F, 60% humidity and no wind.