Let’s explore our Moon’s mountains! 🌖
The Moon is home to some amazing mountains. Unlike the millions of years it takes for most mountains on Earth to form via slowly colliding tectonic plates, most lunar mountains form near-instantly through asteroid or cometary impacts. Here are some resources to explore them. 🗻
- With cool elevation graphs and pictures, Jim Singh explores our Moon’s highest, lowest, and tallest spots. 📏
- Explainer: The intense way Moon mountains form ☄️…💥
- Curated gallery of Luna’s marvelous mountains ✨