Great terminator that shows off the Sinus Iridum (Latin for "Bay of Rainbows") in the top left. It's a plain formed from the remains of a large impact crater. What's exciting is just south west is the landing site of Lunokhod 1. Russian landings are exciting because they were really the space pioneers.
The Luna 17 spacecraft carried Lunokhod 1 to the Moon in 1970 - landing on the Moon in the Sea of Rains. Lunokhod means "moon walker" in Russian and it was the first remote-controlled robot "rover".
It had 180 watts of power and would run during the day when the sunlight could charge its batteries then hibernated at night!
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