Strange Craters

This Triangle crater I called Barbier

Now I don't know what it is called

On the farside of the moon there is this crater, and it is strange. First it is triangular in form.

Second, it is very deep and does not have walls like an impact crater would have, to be this deep. Impact craters  have concave or straight sides rising to a pronounced raised rim. So it falls into that strange class of crater called a "collapse crater". The possible mechanism for these type of craters is what I call the Prune Hypothesis. Or it was an underground civilization that had an unfortunate accident. I personally lean toward the Prune Hypothesis myself. I had misidentified this crater as Barbier, but closer inspection of my new USGS map revealed that it has no name.

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A Rectangular Crater on the Farside

If you are not into triangular Craters, then how about rectangular ones. This is another of those un-named craters that Clem caught as it cruised over the lunar surface.

Hexagonal Crater on the Western Limb

The Far side has its share of strange craters and here is another one. This one is hexagonal in appearance on the crater floor.

Good Ole Bootheel Crater

We called this one "Bootheel" Crater because it looks like an impression of a giant bootheel. This crater is one of the older ones because the surface of the walls are dark.

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