It is composed of a series of shots taken October 12 by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, as it passed about 83 miles above the lunar crater Compton on the far side of the moon, NASA said.
The image clicked on July 6 clearly shows desert sand structures, river systems and complex cloud patterns.
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