English:
This image has a resolution of 2 meters per pixel, and illumination is from the right. Layers of exposed limestone and sandstone are visible just beneath the crater rim, as are large stone blocks excavated by the impact.
This is a
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on the English language Wikipedia (
Featured pictures
) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination
here
.
The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the
Soviet
/
Russian space agency
, and other non-American space agencies. These are
not necessarily
in the public domain.
The
SOHO (ESA & NASA)
joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use.
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