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This is a SMART-1 AMIE image mosaic of the edge of Mare Humorum. It shows basalt deposits to the right and graben, or elongated, trench-like erosional fault structures, around the basin.
The images were taken from a distance of 1070 km, centred at 46° West and 27° South. The overall image field measures 200 x 130 km.