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Lunar Far Side

full disc view of lunar surface
Source: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University
Published: June 17, 2019

The far side of Earth's Moon as seen using data from cameras aboard NASA's robotic Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.

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