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English: Color image from lunar orbit.
This photo was used in Figure 18-22 of the Apollo 14 Preliminary Science Report (SP-272), which has the following caption:
Davy Crater chain at point 1 and Davy G Crater at point 2 (north toward right).

The text of the Report refers to the figure as follows:

Davy G Crater is an irregularly shaped crater approximately 15 km long, lying along the eastward extension of a chain of smaller craters referred to as the Davy Crater chain (fig. 18-22). All these craters appear to be relatively young (late- to post-Imbrian) and are considered by some investigators to be of volcanic origin (ref. 18-19). An unusual view of the walls of Davy G Crater under varying illumination angles is afforded in the photograph. At near-grazing Sun incidence, the partly shadowed wall has a rough, heated appearance wherein the dominant texture consists of grooves extending from rim crest to crater floor. Aside from a slight mottling, the bright sunlit walls appear smooth and resemble those of most young lunar craters viewed under high-Sun angles. This observation is in accord with the high infrared thermal response and radar reflectivity that are generally attributed to the rough and blocky interiors of young craters.
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Source Lunar and Planetary Institute, Apollo Image Atlas, 70mm Hasselblad Image Catalog, Apollo 14, Magazine M, Images AS14-73-10040 to AS14-73-10204
Author NASA
This image or video was catalogued by Johnson Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: AS14-73-10102.

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